If I pay child support to my ex wife and she gets remarried, am I still obligated to pay?

artemisaodc1

Yes. You still pay child support, but you no longer pay alimony. Alimony is the spousal support you may have been paying to your former spouse as part of your divorce settlement. Child support, however, is money to be used for the benefit of your children--that responsibility does not disappear, regardless of your ex-wife's marital situation.

October

Yes until your children are 18 years old

zimba

I'm not sure if this is right where you live, but in Australia, yes you would still have to pay whether they marry a billionaire or a bum.
Your child is still your child, and you wuld be a great (not) dad if you were trying to get out of supporting someone you helped bring into this world.

retired military wife

Yep. It's not her new husband's kid. It's yours.

Rebel-X

Of course you are .. it's your child.

LeftField360

What?... when your wife gets married..will your child stop being yours?...no...

yes, you still get to pay.......until your children are grown...

billc4u

yes you are. just because she remarries does not mean that you get off of paying, the only way that would happen is if the child reaches usually in all the american states the age of 18

curious115

I don't care where you live the answer is yes....alimony is out...support your kid and be glad to do it.

renegadesail

Yes you are obligated to pay, unless he adopts the child.

loryntoo

Yes. The only way to discharge your child support obligation is if the new husband asks to adopt your child. In that case, he takes on the obligation.

Oh, you do get out of paying alimony when your wife remarries. Of course, not many men are paying alimony these days so that probably won't help.

dasvidas

Absolutely. Child support is the right of the child, not of the spouse. Your wife could marry Bill Gates and you'd still be on the hook every month.

However, if your wife's new husband legally adopts your child, this may effectively terminate both your parental rights and obligations to the child.

Roe

Will you still be the child's father?
Will her new husband be responsible for your child? I think not!
Yes you still have to pay support for that child, What a dumb question. You had the pleasure of making that child, now you have to pay! Till he/she is 18 or out of school.
However you do not have to pay alimony after she marries. It doesn't sound like you are anyway.

Mr. PhD

The key word is "child". You are supporting YOUR children. This is your moral, and most of the time your legal responsibility until YOUR children are 18.

RUDOLPH M

Yes, child support is usually paid until the child reaches the age of 18. Does your divorce decree contain a clause that stipulates you will continue to pay if your child goes to college? Why would you not want to support your children? Do you want them to call your x-wife's new husband daddy? Alimony is usually discontinued when you x remarries. It'd going to be hard enough on your child as it is, do you want them to have to face the fact you became a "Dead Beat Dad"?

sevenout7

child support yes alimony no

Chris

Unfortunately, yes.. But a lot depends on your state's laws.. On the other hand if the new husband adopts your children, you should be free and clear. At least that's how it works in my state. The best way to get a quick accurate answer is call your local sheriff's office.

Yep! It's not HIS kid, it's YOURS. You will be responsible for child support until he is at least 18. If he decides to go directly to college - you continue paying. Don't you wish you would have kept it zipped up?

Akida

yes the new spouse nor his income have NO effect on your child support order.

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Yes. You are to pay child support for that child up until the child turns 18 or finishes college.

Yvette B yvetteb

of course you are, its still your child. unless that other parent adopts the child, supporting your child is still on you.

your caseworker can confirm this fact, so call them.

http://www.divorcelawinfo.com/states.htm
http://www.divorcehq.com/spprtgroups.html

http://www.divorceinfo.com/statebystate.htm
http://www.divorcenet.com/states
http://www.divorcesource.com/
http://www.divorcecentral.com/
http://www.divorcelawinfo.com/calculators.htm
http://www.helpyourselfdivorce.com/child-support-calculators.html
http://family.findlaw.com/
http://www.divorcehq.com/deadbeat.html
http://www.divorceinfo.com/
http://www.divorceinanutshell.com/
http://www.lawchek.com/Library1/_books/domestic/qanda/childsupp.htm
http://family.findlaw.com/child-support/support-laws/state-child-/
http://www.supportguidelines.com/resources.html
http://www.supportguidelines.com/articles/news.html
http://family.findlaw.com/child-support/support-basics/

http://www.ncsea.org/
http://www.nfja.org/index.shtml

FACTS AND REGIONAL FEDERAL CS OFFICE INFO
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/opa/fact_sheets/cse_factsheet.html
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/newhire/fop/passport.htm
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/newhire/fop/fop.htm
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/newhire/faq/faq.htm
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/oro/regions/acf_regions.html
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/extinf.html
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/grants/grants_cse.html
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/index.html
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region2/index.html
http://www.fms.treas.gov/faq/offsets_childsupport.html
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal
http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/
http://www.fedworld.gov/gov-links.html

CHILD SUPPORT LIEN NETWORK
(some states work with them)
http://www.childsupportliens.com/

COLLECTORS
http://www.supportkids.com/
http://www.supportcollectors.com/faq.php

TAX INFO
http://www.taxsites.com/index.htm
http://www.divorceinfo.com/taxes.htm
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc354.html
http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc422.html
http://www.irs.gov/faqs/faq4-5.html
http://www.irs.gov/localcontacts/index.html
http://www.irs.gov/advocate/index.html
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p525/index.html
http://www.fms.treas.gov/faq/offsets_childsupport.html

Divorce Support

So my girlfriend's parents split up a few years ago and her mom has been going to a divorce support group for a while now which she has loved. (http://rebuildingcalgary.ca) Her dad has never paid a dime in child support or alimony (the mom hasn't remarried) and at the support group my girlfriend's mom's friends were telling her that she is entitled to all those years of back child support. Is this true? If so how does she go about getting it?

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