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Child support automatically declared a man to be the father and placed his name on the birth certificate. Can a man be declared the legal father of a child if no DNA test was ever done?
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∙ 11y ago
It can happen based on the Mother's signed affidavit in California. However, you can demand for a DNA test that can clear you in Los Angeles County.
In the case of unmarried parents generally no, in most jurisdictions. Generally, courts are the entities that issue declarations. Generally, a court will not issue a child support order without establishing paternity legally. If the court does not initiate a paternity test then the man who is purported to be the father can request it. However, he must respond to the summons in a timely manner and stay on top of the situation.
A married man is always assumed to be the father of his wife's child unless he takes the necessary steps to deny paternity. He must do so in a timely manner or he may lose the right to deny the child.
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What documents are needed to ask for support if father is unknown on birth certificate?
If the father is unknown, you can't file for support.
Does the father's name have to be on the birth certificate for the mother to collect child support?
The father can file for this change.
Does a father have to pay child support when the mother refuses to list him as father on the birth certificate?
Not really. It depends on the situation.
If you sign birth certificate do you have to pay child support if later you are found to not be the father?
No. However, if the alleged father has signed the birth certificate, he is acknowledging that the child is his. There are steps to take in order to be taken off of the birth certificate and relieved of the obligation of child support, including a paternity test and an amendment to the birth certificate.
If you are on section 8 does that automatically put father on child support?
No, as that is a separate commission from Welfare.
Will the father of a new baby have to pay child support if he signs the birth certificate?
Yes and he still have to pay whether he signs the birth certificate or not.
If your name is on the birth certificate are you the legal father?
No he is then the father of the child but in order to get rights he has to go to court and prove paternity first in order to get visitation, custody and pay child support. If married to the mother when the child is born, he is automatically considered the father and have rights.
Can you get child support if the father's name is not on the birth certificate?
Yes, but paternity must be established first.
Can you get the father of your child for child support even though your husband signed the birth certificate?
Unlikely. Your husband is the legal father of the child.
Does The father Have rights if his name Is not on the certificate?
No. By signing the certificate he says he is the father of the child. If he then wants visitation rights or custody he have to petition in court after he has established paternity by a DNA test. He can then also pay child support.
The parents of a child are unmarried and the father's name is not on the birth certificate. The mother gave the child her last name. Does she have to change it to her father's last name?
NO. In most states the father of the child must be present at the time of birth to sign the birth certificate as the father of the child. It could, in reality, be any man who would be willing to take legal responsibility for the unborn child. A child will only automatically get the father's name if the two parents are married. Even if the father pays child support, the mother is not obigated to change the child's last name to that of the father.
What say does a father have who does not pay child support?
Whatever the court documents give him. Not paying child support does not automatically remove any rights from him.
