Then I did a simple google search for some legal precedent for this type of situation just for shyts and giggles and this was the second result:
I want to sue my dad for negligence, mental/emo - Q&A - Avvo
I want to sue my dad for negligence, mental/emotional abuse, fraud and back child support.
Charlotte, NC | March 6, 2013
I know most would say that statue of limitations have passed but I have just found out evidence that would prove my case, my dad was lying to the state of Ohio and my mom about not having a job and was working under the table and have proof of this. I was homeless during my childhood my mom even got negligence charges against her but my dad got away Scott free ( Yes we had a support order) He has never paid a dime. while he was telling authorities in Ohio he had no money he was buying houses and cars in Louisiana. He ha s mentally abused me by calling me names having his girlfriend threaten me and call me names, and telling me he only wanted to take care of his son, that I wasn't his, and wish I was never born. He recently got a $200000 lump sum. and has been getting this since 1992.
Answer from a family law attorney:
"You haven't asked a question here, so it's hard to give an answer. (Please see this Guide:
www.avvo.com/legal-guides/ugc/five-tips-for-how-to-ask-for-legal-advice-on-avvocom ) Though I am not licensed to practice in North Carolina (or Ohio, where your support order was entered) and so can't give certain advice about its laws,
I find it extremely unlikely that you can successfully sue someone under these circumstances.
For one thing, child support is generally owed to a child's custodial parent, not to the child themselves. Your mother might be able to sue for back child support, if she could prove that your father had defrauded the child support process.
For another thing, as you say, the statute of limitations may well have passed. A statute of limitations generally is tolled by failing to discover the original injury, but not by failing to discover evidence to prove fault.
For another, I'm puzzled by your statement that your father "recently got a $200,000 lump sum," but that "has been getting this" for 21 years. If it's been recurring, it's not a lump sum. It's also not at all clear what this payment was for.
For another, you generally cannot sue someone for "mental/emotional abuse," unless you can show that you've suffered serious lasting injury to your mental health. You have to prove that you have permanently lost critical mental functioning, or that you will require ongoing mental health care. And you must also show that this injury was directly caused by the actions of the defendant (the person you're suing), and was not the result of any other cause, which might include your own innate instability. Trying to prove such an injury requires that you abandon all your therapist/patient privilege, essentially making your mental health a matter of public record. You will have to endure endless questioning about the matter, from people who have every right and every motivation to question your integrity, your veracity, and your memory.
People have this idea that a lawsuit will be this glorious, redemptive process, where all their injuries will be healed and all their outrage vindicated, and they'll be made rich and carefree. This belief is staggeringly wrong. Lawsuits are intensely unpleasant. They compel you to relive the original injury, whatever it was, for months. They rarely work out perfectly, so you will constantly feel that you are the victim of injustice. And the suits that actually result in fortunes being made (or lost) are incredibly rare - we just hear about them, because they make the news."
A lot of you nikkas are so fukkin stupid it's embarrassing, on some real shyt
