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If the couple are unmarried paternity must be established before a child support petition can be filed. If the father refuses to take a paternity test the court can order him to do so. The matter of not knowing his last name is indeed troubling and may be reason enough for the court to deny any motion for testing or support. Contact the department of family and children's services or the state health and human services in the state of residency for assistance.

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In the state of Mississippi can someone be made to pay child support on a child who is not really theirs even if they signed the birth certificate?

The man who signed the birth certificate is the child's legal father until/unless a court rules otherwise, and can be made to pay support.


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.


What if father finds out he isn't the biological father What rights will he have we are not together and the biological father wants to step up?

The process to get the birth certificate changed, any custody orders and child support corrected, etc., will be different in each state. You may need to see an attorney who specializes in family law. Generally there will be petitions to family court to get everything straight. You will almost certainly need an affidavit signed by both 'fathers' and DNA testing to prove who is (and isn't) father.


Can the biological father get any custody rights if he did not sign the birth certificate and the mother of the child was married but is divorced now and her ex husband signed the birth certificate?

Yes, but he will have to file a petition for visitation. He may also have to go through paternity testing to verify.


Can a father force an unwed mother to give her baby his name in NJ after the birth certificate is already signed and done?

By court order, he can, if he's under a child support order.

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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.


When the biological father has sole custody and the mother has signed away her parental rights many years ago how does a biological father remove his name from his child's birth certificate?

he says i dont want your dam child


In Va if you are NOT by DNA be the father do you still pay child support?

You will have to file with the original court to have the child support order lifted in light of the new evidence. In some states however if you were married and or signed the birth certificate you are legally responsible for the child regardless of biological relationship.


In the state of Mississippi can someone be made to pay child support on a child who is not really theirs even if they signed the birth certificate?

The man who signed the birth certificate is the child's legal father until/unless a court rules otherwise, and can be made to pay support.


Can you get child support from your sons biological father even if he signed his rights over?

Yes, unless the child has been adopted.


Does a nonbiological father have rights whose name is listed on the birth certificate?

I think that a paper with a signature should not be powerful enough to separate a creature from its creator. In this case, a father and an offspring. Legally, the father of that child is the person that signed the birth certificate, so no, the biological father does not have a right. Although, if you can get some type of blood test, then with the results you might have a chance to fight it off in court!


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.


In the state of South Carolina is there any way for a non-biological father get any visitation rights if he signed the birth certificate and the child has his lat name?

The child's last name isn't relevant. However, once you signed the birth certificate, you became the child's father until/unless a court rules otherwise and, yes, you could get visitation.


When is the father's name not on birth certificate?

It depends upon a lot of factors - where you live, rather or not the mother is agreeable to his name being placed on the birth certificate, if there is already a father listed on the birth certificate, if the mother was married to someone else at the time she gave birth, etc., etc.


If another man signed the birth certificate is the father still responsibl?

By law, the "father" is the man who signed the birth certificate unless/until paternity is established in some other way.


You are the father same last name signed birth certificate do i have to pay child support?

Yes, but if you're not married to her, you have no rights to the child. see link


What if father finds out he isn't the biological father What rights will he have we are not together and the biological father wants to step up?

The process to get the birth certificate changed, any custody orders and child support corrected, etc., will be different in each state. You may need to see an attorney who specializes in family law. Generally there will be petitions to family court to get everything straight. You will almost certainly need an affidavit signed by both 'fathers' and DNA testing to prove who is (and isn't) father.