A Missouri court recently ruled that a father wasn t liable to pay child support where the mother misled him about his visitation rights. The mother lied to the father by telling him that she and her new husband had adopted the child, terminating any rights and liabilities he had to the child. The adoption never took place. After several years, the mother revealed the adoption never took place and tried to collect child support arrearages. The court said the mother waived any right to child support by lulling the father into a false sense of security and depriving him of his rights.
Laws regarding child support and visitation vary greatly from one state to another.
It s important to consult with a qualified attorney in your local community as soon as possible to see what it will take to get your visitation rights enforced and answer your child support questions. My son s father has claimed he s had no money for the last several years to pay child support. He was arrested last week and had someone post a very large cash bond. A Missouri court recently addressed this issue, reasoning that, although the law assumes the bond to be the property of the person who was arrested, once the terms of the bond are satisfied the person who deposited the cash bond has the right to the return of his or her money. You ll have to find out whether it was actually your son s father s money that secured the bond.