Jodie Sweetin: ‘Full House’ Star Hit With Paying Child Support

Jodie Sweetin has been hit with a $2,000 a month child support bill — and has to pay her ex-husband $10,000 in retroactive payments, too! The court ruling was a major blow to the former teen idol who found fame on "Full House." Now she's paying for the success of her "Fuller House" spinoff show, after Jodie's original divorce filing in 2010 exposed how she and then-husband Cody Herpin were dead broke!

Jodie filed for divorce from Herpin just as she released "unSweetined," a shocking memoir where she admitted that she'd spent years addicted to Ecstasy, meth and cocaine. The years of abuse had also kept Jodie from working steadily. Divorce documents revealed that the couple couldn't even pay the utility bills on their house that they had in foreclosure!

The petition for divorce also accused Herpin of refusing to look for a job during their marriage, with Jodie claiming the couple had relied on residual payments from "Full House" and financial help from her parents to survive. The troubled actress had originally sought joint legal and physical custody of their daughter Zoe, and the actress was ordered to pay the $600 a month in child support.

Halperin refiled court documents to modify that ruling just as Sweetin found new success with "Fuller House," which revisits her sitcom character of Stephanie Tanner as a single mom. Jodie is back to being a single mom in real life, too — announcing in March 2017 that she'd broken up with fiancé Justin Hodak (pictured), who had faced his own struggle with drugs after once doing nine months in a California prison.

Halperin refiled court documents to modify that ruling just as Sweetin found new success with "Fuller House," which revisits her sitcom character of Stephanie Tanner as a single mom. Jodie is back to being a single mom in real life, too — announcing in March 2017 that she'd broken up with fiancé Justin Hodak (pictured), who had faced his own struggle with drugs after once doing nine months in a California prison.

At the time, close friends were already concerned aboutJodie possibly relapsing — even before the latest court ruling. “She managed to stay sober for years, but after this latest upset in her life, everyone fears the worst,” said an insider. “Hopefully, she’ll get the emotional help she needs!”