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The custodial parent or legal guardian should file the child support petition even if the whereabouts of the non custodial parent are currently unknown. This allows the petitioner to be in a position to collect all arrears of support once the absentee parent is located.

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Q: Can child support be established if father cannot be found in North Carolina?
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If the father of a child gets married and owes back child support can the spouse be obligated to pay his back child support in CA?

An unmarried father cannot "choose" to not pay child support. The laws in every state require that a father pay for the support of his child. The mother must bring an action to the appropriate court so that a child support order can be established. Visitation rights are separate and a father can have visitation rights established by the court. Visitation rights are not dependent on paying child support.


What if mother doesnt want DNA test because she knows he is the father can he still be put on child support?

Paternity must be established before support is established. Paternity may be established by the father's acknowledgment of paternity in open court.


If a father signs papers stating he is the father and then tells the state he is not does he still have to pay child support?

He is obligated to pay support until/unless it is established that he is not the father.


After filing for child support in New York you move to North Carolina can her father refile in North Carolina?

Jurisdiction can be transferred


Can you get child support if the father's name is not on the birth certificate?

Yes, but paternity must be established first.


Does the father have to have visitation rights in order for the mother to get child support?

Child support and visitation rights are two separate issues and they are addressed separately. The father's paternity must be legally established in court if the parents are unmarried and the mother seeks child support. Once paternity has been established, the court will issue a child support order based on state child support guidelines. In addition, once paternity has been established the father has the right to petition for a visitation schedule. If the father fails to pay his child support he is still entitled to visitations. In that case, the mother would need to pursue the child support arrears by filing a motion for contempt of the child support order.


Does a father have to pay child support before a support order is established?

As a matter of law, no. As a matter of morality, yes - but pay by check and memo them "child support."


Is the father of an unwed mother in North Carolina required to pay child support if he is in the child's life?

Yes.


How do you apply for child support if you live in Arizona and the father lives in Florida and paternity has not been established?

Arizona Child Support Enforcement will handle it.


Can an unmarried father in Texas be ordered to pay back child support for the time period before the court ordered paternity test established his paternity?

Yes. First paternity must be established legally.If paternity is established through the court ordered DNA test the mother can request child support for the time during which no child support was paid by the father prior to the DNA test.


Would your child's father who is not on the birth certificate have pay child support if he is in CA?

Yes, if/when paternity is established.


If a father finds out he has a child after he is two years old do you still have to pay child support?

Yes. If paternity has been established the father will be required to pay child support until the child is at least eighteen.