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Child maintenance arrears

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beachcitygirl · 31/05/2022 10:16

Hello all.
My stbxh owes me almost £18k in child maintenance arrears &
£17k in unpaid spousal aliment arrears.

He has a business in the US and is spending more time there & I suspect has a us bank account (although he denies this)

I do have court orders extracts that he has these arrears & ongoing obligation to pay.

Can anyone advise if I'm able to instruct a us solicitor to go after his us assets? Or instruct him to be pursued there ? I know the state he is in take a dim view of "deadbeat" dads.

I just don't know if his debts here are enforceable there ? Anyone ever came across such a thing?

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Collaborate · 31/05/2022 10:24

Where is "here"? Your terminology suggests your original order isn't in England&Wales.

Anyway, google REMO. There is a scheme set up whereby you can enforce maintenance orders abroad - check the state he is in is a signatory.

beachcitygirl · 31/05/2022 10:41

Sorry. My apologies. I'm in scotland. He's in California

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