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    Jul 27, 2016, 07:02 PM
    Child abandonment
    We were abandoned by our mother since 1986 up to present just wan't to know if we as legal children has the legal right to file a case against our mother for her abandoning as for 30 years I'm already 35 years old as of now. She (our mother) now is living w/ her new family based in London England. She is married to our father who passed away last 7 years ago.
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    Jul 27, 2016, 07:04 PM
    No, there is no legal case.

    First abandonment is normally a civil issue, and only non payment of support is criminal.

    But on the civil side, it is the person who had legal custody, who has the claim, not the child. And even there, any SOL has long passed.
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    Jul 27, 2016, 07:12 PM
    Does she has any liabilities to us as her children for abandoning us for 30 long years. Leting us suffer all pains of becoming poor we didn't even finish our study in college bucause of selfihness. She is living in wealth w/ her new family while we are suffering on everything. thank you
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    Jul 27, 2016, 07:59 PM
    She has no liabilities to you. Now, if your legal guardians had a child support agreement, she would be liable to them, and them only. Not you.
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    Jul 27, 2016, 08:27 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by J_9 View Post
    She has no liabilities to you. Now, if your legal guardians had a child support agreement, she would be liable to them, and them only. Not you.

    Thank you
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    Jul 27, 2016, 08:31 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by J_9 View Post
    She has no liabilities to you. Now, if your legal guardians had a child support agreement, she would be liable to them, and them only. Not you.
    Exactly what I was going to say.
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