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    Jul 1, 2008, 10:43 PM
    Custody arrangement and child support
    Hi, I am the custodial parent for my 5 1/2 year old daughter. Her father left me when I was pregnant, he however did sign the AOP form at the hospital so I filed for child support. He's very very past due. I live in Texas and he did too up until a few years ago when he moved to California. My case is filed through the office of attorney general and he has been served with papers twice for past due child support but now they have no way of contacting him in California. He changed his phone number. I have reason to believe he's involved in illegal earning of money because he owes the IRS money so I don't think he's working with his SSN anywhere. I have his mothers information, she just moved and lives out there as well and knows where he is as does the rest of his family but won't give me the information. He doesn't want to be involved in her life and hasn't spoken to or seen her in about 2 years.

    1) Is there anything else I can do to help with getting my child support for our daughter? Everything seems to take forever when it goes through the office of attorney general. They were in contact with california's office.

    2) I would like to get her father to sign papers to give my parents custody in case something happens to me , such as death, and my parents still receive the child support. He would sign the papers. When our daughter was born and I filed for child support, I agreed for him to have visitation but he's never once exercised it the whole time she's been alive. Do I have to have a lawyer/attorney draw up this kind of paperwork or are there forms available somewhere online that I have missed? I know I will probably still need to go through an attorney/lawyer. Please help.

    Thanks so much!
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    Jul 2, 2008, 07:09 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by msthang22
    Hi, I am the custodial parent for my 5 1/2 year old daughter. Her father left me when I was pregnant, he however did sign the AOP form at the hospital so I filed for child support. He's very very past due. I live in Texas and he did too up until a few years ago when he moved to California. My case is filed through the office of attorney general and he has been served with papers twice for past due child support but now they have no way of contacting him in california. He changed his phone number. I have reason to believe he's involved in illegal earning of money because he owes the IRS money so I don't think he's working with his SSN anywhere. I have his mothers information, she just moved and lives out there as well and knows where he is as does the rest of his family but won't give me the information. He doesn't want to be involved in her life and hasn't spoken to or seen her in about 2 years.

    1) Is there anything else I can do to help with getting my child support for our daughter? Everything seems to take forever when it goes through the office of attorney general. They were in contact with california's office.

    2) I would like to get her father to sign papers to give my parents custody in case something happens to me , such as death, and my parents still receive the child support. He would sign the papers. When our daughter was born and I filed for child support, I agreed for him to have visitation but he's never once exercised it the whole time she's been alive. Do I have to have a lawyer/attorney draw up this kind of paperwork or are there forms available somewhere online that I have missed? I know I will probably still need to go through an attorney/lawyer. Please help.

    Thanks so much!!


    Because you are going State to State it will be very expensive to take this out of the hands of the Attorney General and into the hands of a private Attorney.

    You can simply cover child custody in a Will - I've seen the advance agreements set aside upon the death of one of the parties. He is the father of the child and has rights which he cannot legally waive. I don't think such an agreement would hold up in Court. Of course, your parents could fight him for custody at that time.

    Or you could find him, get him to enter into a custody plan upon your death and hope if something happens to you he just goes away.

    I would NOT attempt this without an Attorney.

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