I believe your "active" parent would need to initiate and start the process. The money you seek from the absent parent, by law, would be for child support for the active parent to help with expenses that occur with raising a child.
I recommend contacting your local Child Support Agency to ascertain what steps your active parent needs to take to see if they (you) can start the process.
You can do a search by typing "child support" and add in your city, state.
Good Luck!
But, be careful in this regard. A growing number of relationships with mothers are being destroyed when the children are learning their mothers did get child support and was denying the father access to his children. There are non government programs to help enforce court order visitation like there is for child support.
Yes , the biological father will be held legally responsible for the support of his child .
No, only the biological father will be assessed child support.
A step father has no legal obligation to support a step child.
file for child support.
Your spouse may adopt the child but the court will have to serve notice of that proceeding to the biological father.
A child does not have to have the same last name as the biological father to receive child support from that father.
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Yes , the biological father will be held legally responsible for the support of his child .
Yes. The child does not need to be named after the father for him to be obliged to pay child support. He needs to be the biological father, that's all. Child support obligations arise from being the biological parent of a child and not on the child's name.
No, only the biological father will be assessed child support.
A step father has no legal obligation to support a step child.
Yes. The father is responsible for child support whether or not the parents were ever married. It is the biological connection that creates the legal obligation to support a child.Yes. The father is responsible for child support whether or not the parents were ever married. It is the biological connection that creates the legal obligation to support a child.Yes. The father is responsible for child support whether or not the parents were ever married. It is the biological connection that creates the legal obligation to support a child.Yes. The father is responsible for child support whether or not the parents were ever married. It is the biological connection that creates the legal obligation to support a child.
In the absence of the biological father, the responsibility for providing financial support and care for a child typically falls on the child's legal guardian or custodial parent.
If you are not the biological father of a child, you may not have legal rights or responsibilities for that child, such as custody or child support. It is important to establish paternity to determine parental rights and obligations.
In general, no.
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file for child support.