Ex husband inheritance/child support.

[Lennybenny]

My ex has recently recieved a considerable inheritance. We've been divorced for nearly 16 years and our ds are 19 and almost 18. He hasn't paid child support or emotionally supported them for most of the last 12 years. We don't have any contact but he does sporadically with the boys. He's remarried with no children. I'm still single.

Can I claim some of the inheritance for child support? It would go into the ds bank accounts as they're both adults moreorless.

Did you get a clean break consent order?
if so then no you have absolute zero claim
either fir yourself or on behalf of your adult children

Do you get a signed consent order when you divorced 16 years ago?

If you didn’t - then you could have a claim.

If you did get a consent order then you have no legal right to claim.

Morally (IMO) but shouldn’t be able to claim. You’ve been divorced 16 years & your children are now viewed as adults.

If you wanted CM from him - you should have made a claim at the time through the CMS.

You won’t be able to open a CMS claim now.

Assume your got the finances sorted at divorce, then you can’t make a claim.

But if it’s for the kids, if there was a claim to make, as they are both adults, surely it would be for them to make a claim?

I made a CMS claim and CSA claim when they were younger but he's worked in cash and lived off his wife for years so he has worked just not paid for his sons. I have no idea about the divorce finance, I'd have to look at the paperwork.

I'm just annoyed I'm financing uni, football, life, driving lessons etc and working 5 jobs and he just won't help either of them at all and never has.

Was there ever an order from the cms that he pay maintenance and he didn't?

Was there ever a court order that he pay child maintenance and he didn't?

Why didn't you go to CSM? Sounds like you just let him get away from supporting his children.

No

Did you have assets to split and were they split?

Incredibly unlikely you'll be able to make any claim 16 years post divorce I'm afraid.

This won't work.

This

You haven’t answered the question op. Did you get a legally “sealed” financial agreement for the split in your existing and future assets at the time of your divorce..
That isn’t to do with the child support agreement ongoing.

its a separate legal document

Th children may be able to make a claim for themselves if they are still in education.