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What happens when you have a support case and the father opened a paternity to prolong the court date do you have to wait for paternity to get support?
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∙ 14y ago
Yes and all men should as there's a 30% chance he's not the father. see link
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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.
What happens after answering the paternity suit paternity is already established?
It depends on how you answered the paternity suit. If you are not the parent and it is proved that you are not the father, nothing more needs done. If you are the parent, many more court dates could come to determine custody and child support.
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.
Does the father have to pay for the court ordered paternity test?
If the court has established a child support order, violating the order and refusing to pay child support carries penalties up to and including jail time. If the order was established before a paternity test can be taken, you must still pay the child support. If the paternity test reveals that you are not the father, you will be reimbursed for the child support that you paid.
Can a judge order you to pay child support without the mother proving the child is mine?
The court must determine paternity before entering an order for support. However, paternity is assumed if the parents were married when the child was conceived/born. Paternity may also be established by the father's acknowledgment of paternity, or by the father's failure to cooperate in genetic testing.
Does fathers name have to be on birth certificate for child to be able to draw his social security?
No. But the father's paternity must be established by a paternity test.No. But the father's paternity must be established by a paternity test.No. But the father's paternity must be established by a paternity test.No. But the father's paternity must be established by a paternity test.
Do you have to pay child support if the mother has put father unknown on the birth certificate and denied the father to the ssa office and 11 years later rings them and tells them who the father is?
First, don't pay anything until paternity is established. If the child is still a minor, you will most likely have to pay current (ongoing) support. However, based on the facts you describe, you have a good argument that you should not have to pay retroactive support.
Father not on birthcertifcat and mom marries and child has mothers maiden name what happens?
The father can file for paternity rights.
If there is a question of paternity how does that effect the child support?
Support cannot be determined until paternity is determined; however, keep in mind that if the parents were married at the child's birth/conception, the husband is presumed to be the father.
If the father's name is listed on birth certificate does he still need paternity testing before ordered to pay child support?
No, it is up the individual to disprove paternity. You will have to pay until you prove you are not the father. ---- Answers With the growing reports on Paternity Fraud in Child Support cases, a paternity test should be done on all births. A Paternity Testing Kit manufacturer is currently producing a "TRUST, BUT CONFIRM" commercial specifically addressing this.
What is it called when a pregnant women files a law suit against the father for support?
a paternity suit
Can you get child support if the father's name is not on the birth certificate?
Yes, but paternity must be established first.
