A bizarre case involving a divorce, the division of assets and liens - occurring up to 34 years ago - has been introduced once again in the courts as an ex-wife is currently suing her ex-husband for back child support, as reported by the New York Post.
The child support was court-ordered nearly 34 years ago, and the children are now adults, but F.G., 75, isn't letting that fact deter her.
F.G. and her ex, P.G., 77, had three children together. She is suing him in Brooklyn court for approximately $100,000 in back child support.
The estranged couple has been in and out of court since their divorce.
F.G., now living in Tottenville, telephoned her ex-spouse a few months ago in an attempt to put an end to the remaining issue of child support.
P.G. had been ordered to pay $14,393.57 in December of 1977 as part of the couple's divorce settlement. He never did.
The two had been married for 17 years.
Now that nearly 15 thousand-dollar figure has grown to $100,000, due to interest.
F.G. said, "I begged him to settle. I told him, 'Don't let this case go to trial, because I'm going to win punitive damages.' I told him, 'There is a legal judgment, and if you think I'm going to forget it, (P.G.), you're stuck on stupid.'"
Allegedly P.G. cried while his former wife spoke to him and then he just hung up.
P.G. is a retired carpenter and now resides in Belchertown, Massachusetts.
F.G. has since gone to court and given a deposition in the matter to Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Leon Ruchelsman.
F.G. said of her case, "I want justice, that's all. My family did not deserve what he and the system did to us."
John Russo, F.G.'s attorney, said, "There's no doubt that this is an oddball case. A judgment so old is not usually enforceable, but with a child-support judgment, it is."
F.G. claims that her irritant originated when she had no choice but to go on welfare - for a short period of time - after the couple divorced.
When the home the couple owned was sold in 1987, the two began sparring again. F.G. stated that when the house, on W. Sixth Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, was sold for $350,000 that she was due $87,000.
F.G. alleges that she was never given any funds gained in the sale of the home.
During the sale she filed lawsuits, and appeals, challenging the transaction. It was during this time, in 2002, that she found out that the original judgment for child support could still be enforced.
In looking for ways to collect, F.G. put a lien on her former mother-in-law's residence on Bay Street in Bensonhurst, as it was in P.G's name. In 2005, when P.G.'s mother passed away, the house was deeded to P.G.'s second wife, C.R., per court records.
C.R. died in 2009. F.G. has since sued her estate.
The estate is administered by P.G.
Manhattan-based lawyer Robert Androsiglio, who did not return the Post's call for comment, represents P.G..
If you are being asked to return to court over child support, contact a family law attorney to assist you.
Your battle doesn't have to be decades long.