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Don't know if there are any legal beagles here, but this I don't see how this could happen. No real names will be used but places are real.
Friend (let's say Sam) is married in FL and had some kids. One of the kids is born with autism. Several years later there is a divorce and mom and kids move to Connecticut (CT). Sam makes good money and is told to pay child support and alimony, also 401K and retirement is divided in half. Alimony is ordered because mom stopped working when she was married, and also needs to take care of handicapped child (let' say Penny) which is also the youngest. This all happened around 1997. Sam gets another job in another state and has been paying all that has been required by CT courts. To add more, Sam is no longer allowed to see Penny because mom wants it that way (a mommy dearest type).
Here it is years later, Penny is 18 almost 19, no longer in school and working part time at a store in CT. Penny still needs some looking after but only minimal, let's say equal to about 8 to 10 years old. Mom still wants Sam to pay child support because she still doesn't have a job and may lose her house because she is not working, and will add mom has never tried. CT judge says according to FL he will now require Sam to pay so long as he has a job or has an income. From what I have read up on FL law it all ends at 18. My thought is that CT is low on funds like every other state, and the judge doesn't want the state to pick up the tab.
I have told Sam to talk to an attorney in his state which he did. He was told to have CT try to impose their child support judgment in his state. He is pretty sure CT would not spend the funds to do so and also the judgment would have to meet his current state laws. Sam has always wanted to take care of his kids, but this is into taking care of the ex forever. This is one of those believe it or not stories. Get a divorce, divide everything in half, and have to pay for the rest of your life for your child.
Friend (let's say Sam) is married in FL and had some kids. One of the kids is born with autism. Several years later there is a divorce and mom and kids move to Connecticut (CT). Sam makes good money and is told to pay child support and alimony, also 401K and retirement is divided in half. Alimony is ordered because mom stopped working when she was married, and also needs to take care of handicapped child (let' say Penny) which is also the youngest. This all happened around 1997. Sam gets another job in another state and has been paying all that has been required by CT courts. To add more, Sam is no longer allowed to see Penny because mom wants it that way (a mommy dearest type).
Here it is years later, Penny is 18 almost 19, no longer in school and working part time at a store in CT. Penny still needs some looking after but only minimal, let's say equal to about 8 to 10 years old. Mom still wants Sam to pay child support because she still doesn't have a job and may lose her house because she is not working, and will add mom has never tried. CT judge says according to FL he will now require Sam to pay so long as he has a job or has an income. From what I have read up on FL law it all ends at 18. My thought is that CT is low on funds like every other state, and the judge doesn't want the state to pick up the tab.
I have told Sam to talk to an attorney in his state which he did. He was told to have CT try to impose their child support judgment in his state. He is pretty sure CT would not spend the funds to do so and also the judgment would have to meet his current state laws. Sam has always wanted to take care of his kids, but this is into taking care of the ex forever. This is one of those believe it or not stories. Get a divorce, divide everything in half, and have to pay for the rest of your life for your child.
