My ex-husband sued me for back child support. I’ve had our daughter full time since 2020. His petition says she’s been living with him, and he attached her school enrollment as proof of residence. The enrollment form lists his address—but it’s dated August 2019. She’s been enrolled at a different school, in my district, since 2020, and the transfer paperwork has his signature on it.
He signed the transfer. He drove her to registration. The school pulled both records for me in an afternoon. And when I brought them to my attorney, she said there was something else worth checking. She requested the complete attendance file, including emergency contacts, pickup authorizations, and the address attached to each school year.
The records showed my daughter had been absent from his address almost immediately after the 2019 enrollment. Every year since 2020 listed my home as her primary residence, and his own name appeared on the transfer paperwork approving the move. Even more damaging, his signature was on several school forms where he listed me as the parent responsible for daily transportation and authorized me to make school decisions.
At the hearing, my attorney placed his exhibit beside the transfer record and asked the judge to compare the dates. The judge noticed immediately that the document proving his claim was from before the period he was claiming she lived with him. Then he asked my ex why he had submitted a 2019 enrollment form while claiming custody from 2020 onward. He couldn’t explain why his own signature appeared on the paperwork showing our daughter had been transferred to my district. The judge ordered the actual school records into evidence—and his back-support claim fell apart before he could even finish explaining it.
