i think so because a 17 year old is not officially an adult, only when you're 18 you cant do it anymore
Yes
Yes, its child support. If the money is not used to support the child then its being misused. Alimony would be to support you. If the father is looking after the child, then he should not be paying child support to the mother - she doesn't have the cost of looking after the child at that time. In fact, the mother may well be in a position to send chilod support to the father - it goes both ways and she is responsible for the child just as much as the father is.
She can not put down anyone as the father. Only the biological father can sign the birth certificate and if she lets her friend sign it it will be fraud. The father have to prove paternity in court by providing a DNA test or he will not have any parental rights. And what about the child? The child have the right to know who the real father is. And your friend will be asked for child support as soon as you ask for benefits. You are not a friend if you do this to the 17yo.
no. not at all
He is the father and not to allow him his child would hurt the child. Take him to family court for the support.
No, in order for a lawsuit for child support arrearages to be valid the support order needs to have been in affect before the child reached the age of majority.
You don't have to be the real father to be on a child's birth certificate. You would just have to sign a paternity affadavit, in which you are assuming all legal responsibilities to that child. You would talk to the mother about adopting the child and go through that process--if you are married.
Yes, the father will need to pay child support in order to support his child. You are responsible for supporting your child until they reach the age of 18.
No. You have remember that "support" is what the (usually) father pays the mother for the upkeep of the child. If the child moves out, the mother is no longer supporting the child and the father no longer needs to pay her.
no
In general, the courts will not initiate support for a 23-year-old child (past-due support, owed from when the child was a minor, is another matter), unless the child is severely handicapped.
In general, child support is a percentage of net income. If the obligor has the child for an extended period of time, the court may suspend support for that period.