One of my clients, who is owed past-due child support from her former husband, learned that he recently filed bankruptcy. She wondered whether he can discharge the past-due child support through that bankruptcy. The short answer is that he cannot get rid of his past-due support through bankruptcy. Indeed, the only way a person can get rid of past-due child support amounts of which I am aware is if the person to whom the support is owed agrees to forgive the past-due support, and that is ...
