Interstate child support cases can be tough and even more so when the various state departments of public aid are involved. Often what makes these doubley tough is that lawyers haven't been involved too much and the clients may be confused about procedures.

I have a tough one right now where my client was getting charged for child support in IL continuously for the entire time that the child lived with the mother. IL support was never stopped. Meanwhile, the mother moves to MN and applies for public aid up there. So MN support starts to run against the father, our client. Recently, custody of the son gets changed to our client. Now the problem is that both IL and MN are trying to collect on arrearages for overlapping times. Adding to the frustration is that for one of the periods MN is trying to collect, the child had actually been with the father. We may be able to wipe that period out by providing MN w/ proof the child's school records in another state.

Pretty interesting situation though. It sure seems like it's ripe for abuse by parents who falsely claim that they're entitled to child support and then the state goes after the other parent (like this case).