Death Of A Child And Father Wants Back Child Support

by CATHERINE
(NJ, USA)

MY SON PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR AT THE AGE OF 23 FROM THE RESULT OF A CAR ACCIDENT OF WHICH HE WAS A PASSENGER. MY SON WAS IN HIS LAST YEAR OF COLLEGE, AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HIS BIRTH FATHER DID NOT KNOW MY SON. HE CHOSE NOT TO BE INVOLVED IN HIS LIFE. BUT I DID ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS FROM DAY ONE. HE TRIED MANY TIMES TO GET OUT OF PAYING BY SKIPPING PAYMENTS OR MAKING LATE PAYMENTS, BUT I ALWAYS FOLLOWED UP, UNTIL AFTER 12 YEARS OR SO OF FRUSTRATION. I THEN FINALLY HAD IT WAGE EXECUTED.

I HAVE A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DRIVER OF THE CAR THAT HIT AND KILLED MY SON. MY LAWSUIT WAS NEAR COMPLETION WHEN HIS BIRTH FATHER SAID HE WANTS PART OF THE SETTLEMENT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO GET BACK WHAT HE PAID WHEN HE MADE CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS. I RESIDE IN NJ, AND WAS WONDERING SINCE HE CHOSE TO BE AN ABSENT FATHER IN MY SONS LIFE, IS HE ALLOWED TO RECIEVE THE MONEY BACK FROM HIS CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS THAT HE MADE?