Runaway in custody...child support???

[Camacho]

I live in CA. My husband has a 15 year old daughter, she runaway and had a warrant for her arrest (I asked for your advise under juvenile law, and it help). Now she's in custody. She was missing for two months (her father paid child support to her mother during this time). Should my husband continue to pay child support to her mother even though she's in custody? by the way, she'll be in the juvenile facility at least until Feb 22, when she has a court hearing. Should he re-direct the payment to somewhere else?, Also, do you know what's the cost of her being in the juvenile facility?

 

[Proserpina]

I live in CA. My husband has a 15 year old daughter, she runaway and had a warrant for her arrest (I asked for your advise under juvenile law, and it help). Now she's in custody. She was missing for two months (her father paid child support to her mother during this time). Should my husband continue to pay child support to her mother even though she's in custody? by the way, she'll be in the juvenile facility at least until Feb 22, when she has a court hearing. Should he re-direct the payment to somewhere else?, Also, do you know what's the cost of her being in the juvenile facility?

He pays until and unless a court orders him to do otherwise.

He cannot withhold payment otherwise.

Why didn't your husband know his child was missing for two months?

 

[Camacho]

he knew a month after she had run away and only because the child support agency contacted him. It's a very long story...short story, her daughter didn't want to visit him (us) because she said he was too controlling (we had rules and she didn't want to follow them), her mother always talked bad to her regarding her father...she encourage her not to come to our house or call him. My husband tried several times to contact her, but she answer with profanity. Later she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and ADHD. The only information we had was through school and counselor (that didn't help much either), the counselor said just to wait for her to grow up. Well, while living with her mother she stole from her some property and was arrested while trying to sell it. She was put on probation and was given the option to go back to her mom's or go to a half-way house (since she said she didn't want to live with her father), she choose the half-way house and run away from there. All of this (since the stealing) happened during a 4 month period. The child support agency opened a case since she was living in the half-way house and that's how we knew she had runaway

 

[ecmst12]

You really should remove "we" from your vocabulary when it comes to your husband's child. You are not a part of the equation. There is mom, dad, and child only.

 

[Camacho]

I only used the word "we" when it is something that my husband and I thought or knew. As the things "we" knew through school or when "we" knew she runaway, or when talking about the rules in our house. I know that legally I don't have anything to say, but since I live with my husband, "we" find out the things about her together. If you read my post, when I asked about child support, I asked: "Should my husband continue to pay child support to her mother even though she's in custody?... Should he re-direct the payment to somewhere else?" since I know that he is the one paying child support.