Gerald Ford's mother and stepfather did not tell him of his biological father until shortly before he turned fifteen, in 1928. Ford described his biological father as "a carefree, well-to-do man who didn't really give a damn about the hopes and dreams of his firstborn son". Ford's paternal grandfather, Charles Henry King, took care of his first grandson and paid Ford's mother child support until shortly before his death in 1930. After his death, King inherited $50,000 ($687,000 in 2016 dollars), and Dorothy got a judgement from Nebraska courts to force King to pay support, but King was living in Wyoming, outside of Nebraska's legal jurisdiction, and continued to refuse.