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If the non custodial parent has made payments to the custodial parent according to the court order since the date of the order up until they’ve reached 18 years of age, can the custodial parent lie and say that the non custodial parent did not pay?
Edit: Added clarity
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Can you elaborate? Are you asking if the custodial parent can lie about whether or not they’ve received child support?
What? what do you mean matured? With CS, its typically til 18, or graduates high school.
If mom tries to lie and say the kid is younger than they are, get and investigation going. Even if you dont have a birth certificate, you can tell a child’s age by roughly what grade of school they are in, using witnesses to say “I attest the child is x age not x age.”
This isn’t a thing.
Not sure what the question is – if child support payments are being made, it should be through the state. You shouldn’t be paying the mother directly.
If there’s a support order in place, and payments are being made through the appropriate channels, no one can lie and request back payments.
If there’s no support order in place, and you’re paying the mother on the side, keep a record of said payments but no the mother generally can’t get a support order today and back date it to start 10 years ago. If she goes to court today and award her a support order, it starts today – unless she can make a case for retroactive payments and then it’s 2 years max not 10.
Well – committing perjury is usually not a great idea.
I assume the paying parent has evidence that they paid the amount ordered by the court (checks, transfers, etc).
you pay child support until theyre 18, if youre behind on child support payments (lets say maybe you didnt pay it for a year ish) then even once they turn 18 youll still have to pay it. other than that no i dont think the mother can request you pay anything for the child once they turn 18.
This exact thing happened to my husband. So yes. Bank records are hard to retrieve after seven years. Keep copies of every payment and put “child support” in the memo of the check. If you pay cash buy a receipt book and have her sign the receipt with the total and “child support” written on it. Keep copies in a water proof/fire proof safe and a digital copy.Â
Even with signed receipts he got rooked. She is evil. Oldest child was over 18, next one was 17, and last one was 15. She claimed he never paid anything ever. Burden of proof was on him. Imagine his shock when the bank said, sorry we don’t keep records older than seven years.Â
He was SOL and she was clever
Can someone lie? Absolutely. Will a judge just blindly accept their side without attempting to get more info? Highly unlikely.
What state are you in? I don’t know of a state that forces you to pay directly. There should be an agency that you pay, and they then provide the money to your ex.
Edit: Looks like you’re in Maryland. Child support payments are handled through the Department of Human Services. Only make payments here, that’s how you avoid any problems.
https://dhs.maryland.gov/child-support-services/
Anybody can lie anytime they want. Good idea? No. Will it hold up in court? Doubtful.
What kind of question is this? Anyone can lie about anything🤦🏻‍♂️
Is there a paper trail for the payments?
If the child is out of high school, and you have proof you’ve made your payments then you have nothing to worry about.
Assuming you didn’t hand this person a bag of cash every month, you have proof you paid in the form of bank statements. That’ll straighten it out.
Lie no. But you may have to prove its a lie. Sounds like you have no proof.
They can lie but would have to prove it, and in your case the court ordered you to pay x amount every month and that’s what you’ve done. Good luck her proving you didn’t for that long of a time and just now saying something.
If you have your records of payments the claims of nonpayment won’t go anywhere.
Does that proof exist?
haha….matured definition in my mind….25+, when the human brain has fully developed.
also those car rental companies…..there’s a reason why they don’t rent to those who are under 25……decades of data and analytics shows….
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NAL. In Maryland, child support payments are made through the Department of Human Services. Any payments made to your co-parent outside this avenue is considered a gift. If you have been paying CS through the Maryland DHS, there is a paper trail recording each of those payments and that would contradict any falsehoods your co-parent may attempt to claim. If you have not been paying CS through the Maryland DHS, you have not been paying child support and therefore it would not be a lie to say that you haven’t paid CS.
What is going on in the specific situation you are asking about?