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Dueller,
Yes that is what I understood regarding residency.
Understand that Child support "payments" are an obligation to the Alternate Parent. There typically support payments are not charged to the Primary parent and an obligation to pay. There is a calculation for Primary and Alternate parents shares but only the Alternate has a court ordered obligation.
As an example. When I was Alternate Parent I was "ordered to pay $" payments had to be made through probation. My Ex did not receive an order to pay X dollars. If I missed I would get a notice pay or else. Miss to many in a row and you had a court date. They did not track how much was paid by my Ex nor did they care. They just assumed she was paying her share. Now I am Primary and the roll is reversed.
So Starlifters EX can just say I have had enough she is 18 and I'm finished taking care of her and nothing will happen to the EX. Which it sounds like is exactly what she did. If Starlifter just stops paying support the state is going to come looking for him. Also if payments are made directly to the child they may not recognize those payments as being made. Keep in mind this is NJ I'm talking about but as I understand it WA is even more liberal then NJ.
If the order is a WA order and Starlifter is in WA it makes it easier for them to enforce because he is in state. If the order is a KY order it is easier for Starlifter to stop paying with out amending the order as it is harder to enforce because KY will not go to WA and get him and WA will not extradite. Just don't visit KY and get in trouble and you should be OK.
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