File for divorce and ask for it back in the divorce case. That is your only real option. For future reference, the refund can be divided up...

Otherwise, child support is based on ss and earnings. Have you looked into bankruptcy?................

Possibly. But you need to hire a local lawyer and have a good paper trail. This is not a DIY type of a case.

See a local family law attorney so you can do a divorce by publication. You cannot have her ordered to return anything to you or pay you anything....

Most of us can do everything by phone and email. I rarely see clients in person unless we are having a trial or have to go to court.

Let me see if i can get this right. Former legal services lawyer here. You don't have time to check with legal aid. So a lawyer should volunteer...

Why would you pay it? Hire a divorce lawyer in IN. You can obviously afford to pay a few hundred dollars to try to protect what you have.

This article in thorough. https://gitlinlawfirm.com/family-law/child-custody/relocation-moving-childrens-primary-residence/

Hire a lawyer to have them negotiate your case with the state. Or go to the Sheriff, turn yourself in, and wait to see a judge and to be appointed...

It has to be done through the clerk. If the clerk refuses, it is for a reason.........................................