What to do if I'm no longer living with my mother but she still recieves child support for me?
Question Details: I'm 17, in my last year of high school and turning 18 in 2 weeks. I don't have a job. About 3 months ago, I moved out of my mother's house due to family problems and a now currently living at my aunt's house. My mother is receiving child support checks from my father, but doesn't give my aunt or me much money, just about $100 every month maybe less. I feel like this is unfair considering my dad gives my mom a $1000 every month and it frustrates me that my aunt isn't receiving the money she deserves, while my mom is using my child support to pay for bills in a house that I no longer reside in and supports my older siblings.
Your father can file a request for order asking the cour to modify the child support order since you are not living with your mother. The court should modify the child support to $0 if you aren't living there at all.
Let your parents deal with these issues--you shouldn't bear the stress of this situation.
I suggest that you contact your father about the situation that you have written about. He is under a court order to pay child support for you to a certain point in time.
Given what you have written, he needs to get a signed agreement from your mother that monthly child support checks go to you directly and if not, he needs to file a motion with the court seeking an order allowing such direct payments to you since you will be an adult in two (2) weeks.
