Establishing Residency

[clevergirl17]

A coworker of mine has had full custody of his son for the past eight months, but due to several kinks in the CS system, he's still paying his ex child support for their son. The case is currently located in Imperial, CA, yet he and his son live in Sacramento, CA. Can he open a new CS case in Sacramento considering that his son is now considered to be a resident of Sacramento County? He and his ex also have a daughter who still resides with the mother in Imperial; does that have any bearing on the case?

Any information that you can give would be much appreciated. He's a good guy and I hate to see him have to go through this. Thanks.

[mistoffolees]

>A coworker of mine has had full custody of his son for the
>past eight months, but due to several kinks in the CS system,
>he's still paying his ex child support for their son. The case
>is currently located in Imperial, CA, yet he and his son live
>in Sacramento, CA. Can he open a new CS case in Sacramento
>considering that his son is now considered to be a resident of
>Sacramento County? He and his ex also have a daughter who
>still resides with the mother in Imperial; does that have any
>bearing on the case?
>
>Any information that you can give would be much appreciated.
>He's a good guy and I hate to see him have to go through this.
>Thanks.

It's probably worth the expense of an attorney to stop the support payments - and possibly recover the excess payments from the past few months. A good attorney can probably get it straightened out without spending too much of his money.