Legal Question in Family Law in Washington
Child Support
I am the non custodial parent. My
daughter (15) has not been living
with her mother (whom I pay child
support to) for the past 7-8 years.
She has lived with her ex/step-dad
(her mothers second husband after
myself, but now divorced), then on
to her grandmother, who she lives
with at the present. I have told the
WA state support enforcement, but
they were disinterested in who is
benefitted as long as I am paying
someone. I thought child support
was for the benefit the child? I'm
tired of supporting an ex-wife and
not my child. What steps can I take
when WA State Support
Enforcement doesn't care?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Child Support
It depends on what your support order says and what you can prove about where the child is residing and how long she's been elsewhere.
Whether or not DCS would garnish your wages or otherwise make your life extremely unpleasant if you stopped paying the mother and started paying the ex step dad is not the sort of question you want to ask without the advice of counsel.
You need to talk with a local family law attorney who can help you decide what to do now. You can bring an action without the approval of the State if you have your facts and your proof lined up.
Hope this helps. I know I sound like a broken record, but you can get a consult for a very reasonable cost, if not free, from a qualified local family law attorney through your local county Bar.
Elizabeth Powell
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