If you marry that person, his/her debt becomes your concern too. If you have children together then you would have to account for the back child support payments in the family budget. You have to ask the question, is this person able to provide for your children too. His/her children must be provided for and should be provided for. If you are willing to marry him/her knowing this then it shouldn’t be a problem adjusting to the debt of back child support. Depending on your country/state/province you could be held legally responsible for those payments.

The debt is not your personal responsibility, but it is the responsibility of your partner. The money that is owed for child support is drawn from his or her personal assets. If these funds are drawn from joint assets of your marriage (assuming you have married this person), then you may find yourself contributing to these expenses out of your joint pockets. Assets that are in your name prior to the marriage generally remain in your name, depending on the legal jurisdiction in which you reside. However, joint assets, such as the matrimonial home, may be used to cover any debts. In many jursidictions, the home in which you reside becomes a joint asset at the instant of marriage or the time at which you are deemed to have started a common-law relationship. Be aware that any children you may have by your partner have to be supported in addition to his or her children from a prior relationship. Having children in a new relationship does *not* remove or alter your partner's responsibility to his or her children from the previous relationship. If the pie is sliced too fine, you may find yourself living below your current expectations. Starting a new family is usually not considered an adequate excuse to reduce any debts owed to the first in family court. Those responsibilities were incurred first and any subsequent ones are at the option of you and your partner.

There is a larger issue that you should look at before you marry this person. Why does he owe back child support? (I am assuming it is a he because that is most often the case in these situtations.) Your fiance created one or more children with someone else. Why isn't he meeting his obligations to his child(ren)? What does this tell you about the kind of commitment that you can expect from him towards you and any children that you two may have? These are things that you really should consider before you marry him. Don't let your feelings for him lead you into a potentially disastrous relationship that could leave you in the same situation as the mother of his other child(ren).

Well your taxes that you file together, the refund will be taken....and if you own a home together a lien can be put against it...and if the man is a deadbeat why would you marry him

Okay....why the fuck do fathers always get a bad wrap! im sure this girl didnt want a lecture! Everyone who pays child support will aquire some back support. Especially in this economy. just answer her question! Just cause he owes back child support does not mean he's a deadbeat. JERKS!