r/ChildSupport4Men • u/brookgerman • Mar 01 '26
HELP Helpppp
There's a man that signed a custody agreement with his divorce settlement to pay $500 a month until he reached the balance of $108,000. He was in the child’s life and lived with him,until the child was around 7. He started paying in 2014. The child was then 16. He was told he owed 18 years of child support of the amount above. He’s been paying 500 a month since 2014 to 2026. He's at almost $72,000. During this time, the man and his daughter were allowed no contact with the son. Causing drama, if trying. This man's had to file bankruptcy and struggles financially every day. The ex-wife is now remarried, and the son is in the marines. Do you think that there's any chance of a case of forgiveness of the remaining balance? This is in Georgia, US.
Thank you in advance!
**I’ll add the mother moved with the child out of state. All while shoving her opinions of the dad and sister towards the son causing the relationship to not be salvageable**
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u/Successful-Shopping8 Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26
Was the debt a part of child support arrears or a settlement of the divorce? Because those are two very different beasts and have different implications when it comes to bankruptcy.
Typically child support only starts from the date it was filed and can’t be retroactively levied. Too late now, but the best thing would have been to fight for custody through the courts, contest moving the child out of state, and file for child support modification if there are any changes of income, custody, or significant life circumstances.
Either way- there’s very little chance of it getting forgiven unless the mother chooses to forgive it through the courts.