A legal dad can sue in this instance, but it is highly unlikely that he would win. If the mother of the child knew who the father, she can be sued for paternity fraud.
Yes she is.
That depends on the child support laws of your state and how long you have been the legal or presumed father. In most states if you have been the legal father for at least four years it does not matter if you are not the child's biological father. You will still be held to be the child's legal father and required to pay child support unless you can locate the child's biological father. You have to actually file a petition in court to end your responsibility for child support and you really will need a family law attorney to assist you. The attached link has a family law attorney directory. In most States you can file a Petition to Disestablish Paternity. You generally must be current on your child support payments to do so. With the DNA evidence you can get the child support abated if you are not the Father.
There are too many unknowns to formulate a simple answer to this question. Have you legally adopted him, and subsequently divorced his mother (now your ex-wife)? Are you court-ordered to pay her support for the child? What is the biological father's role in all this? Is HE paying support to her also? Is the biological father paying ANY support or does he just have custody? Does he have court ordered (legal) custody? Whatever the case, now that he is residing with, or in the custody of, his biological father, your ex-wife has materially changed the parameters of any support situation. It sounds like you really need the advice of an attorney to straighten out, or extricate yourself, from this situation.
Not really. It is based on a percentage of the pay of the parent paying child support and the number of children that are his/hers with the custodial parent.AnswerThe child support you receive for the first child from her father is not affected by your having another child by a different father. The first father is only responsible for supporting his own biological child.
If you are the child's father then you really have little legal support to not support your child. Your child is legally entitled to your financial support.
Well of course it would be the other mans child regardless of whether you are married or not.Clarification:In some states, the husband is legally considered the father, even if he is not the biological father, and is financially responsible for the child. There are also some states in which the biological father has to pay child support to the mother, even if she is still married to her husband. So you really need to check on your state's laws concerning this.
check your birth certificate. your last name isn't necessarily your biological father's last name.
Gibbs and Abby aren't really related. They do have a father daughter relationship on the show though. Gibbs is really protective of Abby, he thinks of her like he did his daughter.
Unfortunately this is a really tough one. Her biological father is still her father, but if all he does is pay support and doesn't make an effort to spend time with your daughter then you have a good case. Once your new husband adopts your daughter then you will no longer be receiving the child support. I would see a lawyer as I know there are loop holes, but if your ex is paying support, spending good quality time with his daughter this is really a miserable thing to do to him. If he just pays, doesn't bother to see your daughter then get legal council and you will probably win out on the adoption. Good luck Marcy You need to check the laws for your state, and I would highly recommend having an attorney handle this for you because it's not something you want to chance making a mistake with, which could void the adoption. As a general rule (and you didn't advise what state your in) despite the fact that the father has not maintained a relationship with the child, he is still the biological father and is fulfilling his financial obligation by paying child support. Therefore, he'll be contacted and have the right to contest the adoption if he chooses. However, given the fact that he hasn't seen the child in 11 years, it appears that he doesn't have an interest in a relationship with the child, so there�s a good chance he'll agree to the adoption, because that then means that he'll no longer have to pay child support.
In many states, yes, but there's a drawback. If she really does know who the father is, she can still stop the support against the stepfather, as any time, than file for retroactive child support against the bio dad. This has been turning up in a number of paternity fraud cases of late.
Lily's biological father is Malcolm, but she considers Neil her dad because she grew up believing that he really was her father.
Not really. It depends on the situation.