Woman Sues for Child Support 60 Years Later

good grief people! that stupid old wind bag needs to get the phuck over herself and realise she wasn't suffering. she found a new man and had more kids and obviously her new man took care of her kid just fine and ergo she didn't need the money back then and willingly gave up the search. she's just broke now and if she needs money she should ask her children to help her out at this point! she's just a broke old biddy who needs to get off her high horses and stop being a gold digging old maid! i'm so sick of people who act like this stupid old fart! if she cared about the stupid money that badly she should have phucking gone after him long ago. she knew he was in the military and could have found him. she's just too dammm stupid and dum to realize she loses this fight! hey stupid old biddy - you fail!!!!!

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Wow, regardless , if she is down on her luck pay her the money you bum.I would like a DNa and get my child support money that my mom failed to ask for on my behalf.

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Wow. smarter than u you, you sound kind of like a dead beat dad but anyway.

Even though her child's father left them a long time ago I think he should pay her something. Him claiming he didn't know he had to pay the $50 a month is no excuse. He knew about the child he should have known responsibilities come along with a child.

There are no statues of limitations in California on child support. He'll probably have to pay up some of that money.

There are too many sorry people out there who run out on their kids and don't step up to the plate and take care of business.

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I think its really sad when you have a child and the state your living in claims to be the number one state to go after dead beat fathers. I have stayed on my child support case and yet he owes me over $30,000.00. The system has tried twice to push me out and not have to go after the father. For the past two and half years all I hear is how he is trying for his disability but yet has not paid a dime. Judges who allow the absent parent to get this fair behind are not thinking right. My daughter turns 18 in a few months and I am told I have another 18 years that I can pursue him for this money. The child support system really sucks. My current husband is treated differently then the ex husband who won't pay a dime. So much for laws. I agree with the statement above about he knew he had a child he didn't do his part and regardless whether she stop looking for him or not who says she would have gotten a penny. If he owes it then he should pay it. Dead beat dads are treated better then there child who is doing with out.

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smarter-than-u: obviously your screen name is grossly inaccurate. It's people that think like you that causes single parents in this country the most stress. And there's absolutely nothing in the article about her finding another man who took care of her kid. Lets actually read the article and not just the title...k?

I have a 2 year old and a s-donor to deal with. He doesn't do a single thing for his kid. He thinks it's acceptable to only pick her up once a month and not pay me a dime to help. (2 year olds are expensive..and it only gets worse the older they get!) There's a warrent out for his arrest for not paying me anything, but it's not like it's an actual issue....He just makes sure to not get pulled over for speeding or broken taillight and he doesn't go to jail. Lovely system.
It really makes me angry that the guy's lawyer says it will go away quickly, and that she's just a little old lady who's down on her luck. Who cares if she's down on her luck. That money should've been paid to her years ago, and if it actually had been, maybe she wouldn't be down on her luck. Hm...common sense to me!

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1950- He is off fighting a war and she gets a court order for for over twice what a private makes and then lets it go only to come back and slam him 60 years later? I guarantee you that he did not retire recently from the Air Force as a Lt Col. More like he retired over 20 years ago as we don't have many 80+ year olds still serving. Military retirement especially if he retired out of the reserve is not that high now and was lower 20+ years ago.
Come on people do want to live forever knowing that some greedy person will come back out of the blue 60 years later to slam you? He never even knew according to his attorney that he owed anything. Since he was off to war this is very possible.
I agree we have a duty to our children and we owe reasonable dues but there needs to be limits. If anyone should get the money it should be the 60 year old child.
Also I would like to know why she was awarded no money the first time and why they were not married as it meant a lot more back then - sadly. There are a whole lot of gaps in this story.

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Good for her. Child support is hard enough to collect. She was owed the money. Let her get it. He went off to raise other children and left this woman to raise one he helped to create. What about all the time energy and cost, does that not matter, this late or what, it sure as hell does.

I hope she gets it with additional interest!

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Sometimes it is better for a child to have a dead beat father out of their lives. If the father doesn't want to own up to his responsibilites then he will never be a positive influence in the childs life. A child needs to feel loved and wanted. Someone who is forced by law or any other means to care for a child will do it resentfully, therefore damaging the child. Better to know the man is no good and forget him, than to expose a child to someone who doesn't really care. When the child turns legal age let them sue the Dad for money if he or she wants.

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If this was about the child, that would be acceptable. However, this women is obviously past the point of "supporting" her child. The whole point of child support is to provide for the kid, NOT the mother.

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My husband went to prison from 5 to life and i had to pay everything for our daughter.who was then 3 years old. i asked my attorney for child support in the divorce decree in case he was freed while she was still under 18 or whatever her age. I was denied and while mu ex husband is applauded for loving her, my current husband raised her. My ex-husband cannot be sued for back child support. He is still in jail and she is 32 years old. guess who she is mad with?

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GOOD FOR HER! My ex-husband NEVER paid one penney of support either, despite being court ordered here in California. I never went after him for child support $$$$ for the SAFETY and SECURITY of my daughter, who is now 27 years old.
I raised her on her own. She's now career driven, financially well off and doing great!
Her father?? A successful license attorney here in California with a HUGE home in an upscale beautiful area of So Cal., olympic-sized swimming pool, motor home (2), Mercedes and BMW, trips around the country.
And he ows me a hell of a lot more than this woman!
I just keep waiting for my daughter to not be fearful if I go after her father for the support.....I think she's finally almost there.

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Good for her!
Fathers need to be made responsible also.
Why is it that mothers take care and pay for it all?
Don't the children deserve better?
Go for it!

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Most of the comments here have been whinning , unhappy women.
Maybe you should have kept your legs closed, besides how is the supposed father supposed to know if its really his child.
I am a single father and supported my sons. I recieved no support for the mother in any form and still worse is the fact the children did not recieve emotional support from the mother. They are all grown and well involved in family, and careers. I get to be Grandpa. Never once would I ever think "SHE" owes me money for the years of care and raising I did. I also never re-maried as that just creates more confused issues for the kids.
Times are tough but Please! dont use the dead-beat parent excuse to come up on some money.

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i think that all of this comments really have been unhappy women just leave the old women alone.children need emotional support from both mom and dad. i think both do wrong so just do what takes and be happy and move on.

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Unless you walk in a single parents shoes, don't ever make a favorable comment on a dead beat person ~ notice I didn't type PARENT! This goes for both the men and women in this country who do not take the responsibility as adults and leave these children/young adults both financially strapped and emotionally abandoned. I too have filed papers in the State of Connecticut and he lives in New York; all I am ever told is that NY is an administrative state ~ alot of good that does me and my four children! It is time to make some LEGAL changes in the system for both the children and the custodial parent! I would be more then happy to join forces with people here to change the Child Support Laws in this Country! I have some very colorful ideas that would make a person think twice about not sending the check! As well as each state being fined for not collecting and having to pay the custodial parent for not doing their job! The schools are told "Leave No Child Behind" .... let's get them there first!

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I am a single mom, who for the most part have been happy to care for my children without anything from the father because it has been such a freakin hassle. Single Dads comment is rather crude, because the act involves two people. Sometimes, a child is created, and as much as understand the statement, I think it is irrelevant to the idea of child support. I have offered my ex the option to terminate his parental rights. I have said to my ex, just send 10 20 dollars, I would make it work. See, when I didn't ask they didnt offer, now that I am not making as much money, I ask and they do the whinning and crying.

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Hey ppl, im a single father, my ex dont pay shit in childsupport. the state of fl knocked off 10000. of what she owed me without asking me.. she owes me 25000. she cant even buy min for her prepay phone so our daughter can talk to her. I do for my daughter.. its not just deadbeat dads it dead beat mothers too..
SHES totally useless as a mother..cant stay clean, EVERYONE SLAMS men, what bout all the mothers who are supposed to pay and dont.. 90% of the states dont enforce childsupport orders on mothers

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