Author Topic: Bankruptcy and school fees  (Read 6736 times)

ksmom3

  • Gold Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 14
Bankruptcy and school fees
« on: May 08, 2014, 06:26:49 AM »
Mom and dad have joint custody with mom having residential.  Back when mom moved to a new town and enrolled their child into a new school they refused to speak to my husband.  We had to get our attorney involved and fax the divorce papers just for them to speak to him and be put on as emergency contact since mom works out of state a lot.  Mom never paid the school fees for last year and we have now received a collections notice for those fees.  Mom is now filing bankruptcy and is not responsible for these bills so they say my husband is the only one responsible for them.  That is what he pays his child support for.  They go on trips all the time, she  buys him $200 shoes, $100 sweatshirt, and more rather expensive things.  But then again we are talking about the same mom that told son child support was paid for only food!  Any advice on what we can do about this?  Oh and when we called the school to advice them mom should be responsible since she signed the paperwork and everything they advised this years fees haven't been paid either.  So I see it as he pays his good amount of child support, they can spend money on unneeded things, go on multiple trips... and she can file bankruptcy and stuff that should be paid by child support is now my husbands responsibility? 

KTM

  • Expert Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 215
Re: Bankruptcy and school fees
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2014, 04:18:38 PM »
1. I believe that both parents are legally responsible to the school for fees, etc.
2. The debt to the school can be collected by the school from either party.
3. The Child Support recipient is obligated under current KS guidelines to the other parent to pay the fees.
4. The Child Support payor must file a motion with the Divorce Court or Civil Court to enforce the payment of the fees by the Child Support recipient
5. Unfortunately this is an extended and expensive process which allows the Child Support payers credit to become marred if not payed prior to collection action by the school.

Pay the school fees and file a motion with the Court to credit your Child Support debt account for the amount paid. Thus reducing your overall Child Support payment total due by age 18.