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  • Mar 3, 2008, 07:57 PM
    Benjamin Miller
    Can I sue my biological father for support
    My real father left when I was a year old. My mother never legally filed for any support trying to make it on our own. I will be 18 very soon. Can I do anything to recover the support she never asked for? I'm going to college soon and don't know how to pay for it.
  • Mar 3, 2008, 08:07 PM
    oneguyinohio
    Perhaps if you get something filed before you turn 18. I have heard that courts do not backdate support orders. It also depends on your location. Some places require support payments while child is in college.

    Good Luck
  • Mar 3, 2008, 08:12 PM
    George_1950
    In some states the duty to support ends at 18; in others, it ends at 21.
  • Mar 3, 2008, 08:28 PM
    Fr_Chuck
    No you can not personally file anything, your mother can still go and file and get till you are 18 ( and some back, up to the statue of limitation) and further if you to college.

    But it is up to your mother to file, not you.

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