How long do I pay child support? NJ?

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Please I really don't need no insults. Only serious answers.

About five years ago my five children were taken from me by dyfs/cps and a year after that my rights were terminated and now all five of them are adopted. They are ages 5,6,8,10 & 14. Now I am paying my back child support because I am working today but I am just curious as to how long I have to pay child support? Like my sister told me I have to pay to the state until they are all 18! But then I Google it and it told me that once rights are terminated then you don't have to pay anymore. But I'm still not sure. Does anyone know? Or can give me advice without being slick?

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One assumes you have to pay until you've paid off the amount your back child support constitutes, and in some places maybe some interest accrued on that debt. It has less to do with their ages and more to do with how much child support debt you racked up in the past.

Nekkid Truth! · Answer

You have to pay all the "back" support.   So you pay until those arrears are paid off.

Maxi · Answer

You will have to pay all 'back' child support you failed to pay, from the date they were legally adopted then you are legally no longer their parent, so no longer responsible to financially support them

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You are paying child support for the past due amount. No new amount will be added. Once you have paid the past due amounts [interests], you will no longer make payments regardless of how old the children are. The 18 year rule only applies if children have not been adopted; even that has some exceptions. In your case, it all depends on when you finish making payments. You can ask the County for the total you owe and that way you can calculate how long it will take you to pay off.

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How long do I pay child support? NJ?

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