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Ex Husband Returns After 23 Years Of No Contact And Demands Act Of Divorce

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Location: California

Hello everyone, I'm coming to reddit for some legal advice for my family . For context I (23M) and my brother (27M) have been living in California for the past 23 years with our mother (48F) being the sole provider of the household. At the time of moving into America she initiated the process for divorce along with child support payments, trying to do everything by the book. Only to have her ex-husband disappear and not contacting my mother after I was born. She has since been legally divorced and has all her legal documents in order.

Recently she has been contacted by his lawyer asking her to sign the act of divorce in Mexico so he can legally marry his new spouse.

I know that California has no statute of limitation when it comes to collecting child support and I'm aware that my mother still has the case open.

But the matter of fact is we are completely blindsided with this situation and have no idea how to proceed

My questions are:

if it is at all possible to collect the child support in this situation?

Is there a specific lawyer we would have to contact due to my mother's ex-husband and his lawyer still being in Mexico?

What would we have to do to ensure the child support is paid and we can finally move past this mess?

Thank you to anyone who takes the time to read this post.

Any help/ information is greatly appreciated!

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