What is the name of your state? Michigan
First, let me say that I am a paralegal, have been so since 1980, now retired. I'm asking this for my daughter and her husband who we'll call TJ. I can't figure it out, wrap my head around it. So TJ didn't see his son for years as the mother had moved to GA. In GA she filed for child support, which TJ paid on and off for a while. TJ then met and married my daughter and started making regular child support payments about 5 years ago. Also about 5 years ago TJs son (and mother) moved back to Michigan. She then allowed TJ to see her son on a regular basis.
No custody/visitation time documents were ever entered. This was not from TJ trying to get them entered. The support order from GA was transferred to Livingston Co MI about 5 years ago. TJ prepared via the Michigan Legal Help website all documents to establish custody, Livingston Co rejected the papers stating he must be represented by an attorney. The son's mother then forced TJ to take custody of the son for the last 4 years stating she could not handle him along with her gaggle of other children (I want to say 6 total).
During the last 4 years, she has been getting paid by TJ $850 a month for child support of a child in TJs custody. TJ waited 6 months after having custody of his son and filed papers to establish custody in Oscoda Co, MI which is the domicile of both TJ and his son. Those were rejected by Oscoda Co as they were confused by the file extension which was a transfer from another state. Not giving up, TJ again tried filing with Livingston Co, again rejected. There have been numerous phone calls to child support offices of both counties, to no avail. Numerous calls to the State of Michigan child support office, to no avail. Meetings with Oscoda County DHS/CPS, etc., were somewhat fruitful as they all agreed TJ was in a pickle and what the mother of his son was doing appeared to be fraud on some level, including stating on her income tax returns that she had custody of the son more than 6 months out of the year and getting that exemption as well.
Contact an attorney you may say, well they did and the one they spoke with yesterday wants to file a lawsuit in the State of GA, confusing as the case was transferred to Michigan years ago. Phone calls to Michigan legal aid result in no return calls. Any advice on how to handle this situation would be appreciated and sorry it is so long, but better to have all of the facts than to guess on what is missing.
First, let me say that I am a paralegal, have been so since 1980, now retired. I'm asking this for my daughter and her husband who we'll call TJ. I can't figure it out, wrap my head around it. So TJ didn't see his son for years as the mother had moved to GA. In GA she filed for child support, which TJ paid on and off for a while. TJ then met and married my daughter and started making regular child support payments about 5 years ago. Also about 5 years ago TJs son (and mother) moved back to Michigan. She then allowed TJ to see her son on a regular basis.
No custody/visitation time documents were ever entered. This was not from TJ trying to get them entered. The support order from GA was transferred to Livingston Co MI about 5 years ago. TJ prepared via the Michigan Legal Help website all documents to establish custody, Livingston Co rejected the papers stating he must be represented by an attorney. The son's mother then forced TJ to take custody of the son for the last 4 years stating she could not handle him along with her gaggle of other children (I want to say 6 total).
During the last 4 years, she has been getting paid by TJ $850 a month for child support of a child in TJs custody. TJ waited 6 months after having custody of his son and filed papers to establish custody in Oscoda Co, MI which is the domicile of both TJ and his son. Those were rejected by Oscoda Co as they were confused by the file extension which was a transfer from another state. Not giving up, TJ again tried filing with Livingston Co, again rejected. There have been numerous phone calls to child support offices of both counties, to no avail. Numerous calls to the State of Michigan child support office, to no avail. Meetings with Oscoda County DHS/CPS, etc., were somewhat fruitful as they all agreed TJ was in a pickle and what the mother of his son was doing appeared to be fraud on some level, including stating on her income tax returns that she had custody of the son more than 6 months out of the year and getting that exemption as well.
Contact an attorney you may say, well they did and the one they spoke with yesterday wants to file a lawsuit in the State of GA, confusing as the case was transferred to Michigan years ago. Phone calls to Michigan legal aid result in no return calls. Any advice on how to handle this situation would be appreciated and sorry it is so long, but better to have all of the facts than to guess on what is missing.
