My Husband Has Not Paid Child Maintenance For 15 Years. Will His Ex Get That Back Dated?

If the courts act on this case, yes he will be liable, and a court order can be made to attach his possessions. The court takes a dim view on fathers who fail to provide for their families, particularly those who claim not to have the money to support their children, and then go out and make a new family with someone else.
His children are his first responsibility, and he should not be shirking that, nor should he be encouraged to think this is acceptable; it is not, and the courts will tell him as much.

If they get him to court, they could attach his salary directly. It depends how determined his ex wife is to pursue this. She has every right to, and for the sake of her children she should.

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I agree with wisequeen, He should have been paying her for child support. And if he did not want to pay then he should have given his rights as a father to his ex.. I am in a case like this myself.. I told him we did not want his money and we are having his rights took away. I hope you do not take this wrong and good luck.

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Would this be the case even if she denied him access for 15 years by disappearing and now he's wondering even if he was the father and is having a DNA test done?

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Yes,I agree with wisequeen. He should of been paying all along my husband shucked his responsibilities for years and they finally caught up to him and even though his two children were in their 20's he had to pay the state back for what they gave his first wife in child support all those years ago,plus to his third wife.

Also my son's ex-wife's second husband adopted my grandchildren so my son didn't have to pay child support because of that.

Wish you all the best . But unfortunately your husbands ex has a right to child support and if his children are to old to receive it but did the state can guarinshee his wages to get it back. it's not fun to go through but you will survive, the only way to avoid it is to pay it off upfront if you can afford to or go the county that paid the support & work out a payment arrangement with them & stick to it no excuses or the will guarnshee his wages if you miss even one payment.

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Another thing you may want to think about is will the state charge interest on the back child support? Most states do! Most states can take up to 50% of his income. And as far as the issue of him not having visitation? Doesn't matter, she cannot with-hold visitation due to non-payment of support AND he cannot with-hold support payments due to non-visitation.

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