The biological parents pay for their child, not the grandparents. Both of you needs to get jobs and should have done so before the child arrived. When you petition the court for child support the father have establish paternity so they know he is the biological father. He can also petition for visitation and custody since being the biological father, that is his right. Just as it is the child's right to both parents. You can not choose that the father will have no contact with his child. That is up to the court. He has rights just like you. And so does your child.
Signing away custody rights does not relieve a parent from the obligation of paying child support. In fact it pretty much guarantees that she will be paying child support. However, she is not required to pay it until there is a court order for it.
Contact the branch legal office. Have you asked him why.
If you have primary physical custody you are entitled to support. How much support is figured in a formula based on how much money each of you makes and how many days (or overnights) each of you has time with the child. Depending on the state, if the child stays with the other parent over a certain set amount of time, then that parent is responsible to pay less child support. Most states are trying to push joint physical custody where the child spends 1/2 to 2/3 of the time with the primary caretaker and the rest with the other parent.
Well actually, it depends. A non-custodial parent can still have liberal, defined visitation and if that parent, say has 3 days a week or every weekend, and their income is vastly lower than the income of the custodial parent then there would be an avenue in many states where that 'non-custodial' parent would be entitled to child support. Again, it would vary on a number of factors including what you mean by non-custodial. If non-custodial includes no physical or legal custody and/or no visitation at all, the avenue seems virtually impossible. However, simply being non-custodial would not be the single defining point. In fact, there wouldn't be a single variable that would determine the answer to this question (particularly as state law were weighed in). Best advice, contact an attorney, many will provide free first consultations.
He doesn't have to; however, the other parent will presumably seek child support sooner or later, and he will be asked to acknowledge paternity or undergo genetic testing at that time.
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No, as you are no longer regarded as a parent to the child. However, it may vary state to state, or whomever deals with your child support case, if you will be asked to or required to pay on past support before your rights were terminated.
Signing away custody rights does not relieve a parent from the obligation of paying child support. In fact it pretty much guarantees that she will be paying child support. However, she is not required to pay it until there is a court order for it.
This is entirely dependent on the child support ordered with the court. Typically unmarried parents are held to the same standard as divorced parents, and if it is determined that the parent is able to contribute to the child's education expenses or that the child's ability to obtain financial aid is hampered by the parents income, the parent may be asked to contribute.
Regardless of any custody agreement, or court order the IRS has it's own definition of who the custodial parent is. Section 152(e)(4) defines custodial parent as the parent having custody for the greater portion of the calendar year and noncustodial parent as the parent who is not the custodial parent. If you feel that the mother may challenge this, or attempt to claim the child as well you can also double cover your back by having the Mom fill out form 8332, which basically says "I am the custodial parent of this child, and I am giving up my rights to claim the child this year. The IRS rule is that if you have the child for more than half of the year, and they literally mean 183 days, you are the custodial parent. Time spent in Day Care and/or School is deducted from the total. First, this would only apply in cases where support obligations extend in the secondary school years. See below for list. If this is the case, the problem that this regulation does not address is the circumstance asked about. In this case, it must be reliant specifically on what is stated in the child support order. If not addressed there, then a motion to modify the order may be necessary. However, I seem to remember an IRS ruling in the 90s that addressed this in which the child support obligor was awarded the deduction as he was providing more then 50% of the financial support for the child.
I can answer questions about child support and related issues, as I am a retired State Child Support Enforcement Director. However, the question being asked is not clear enough for me to address. In general the issue of child support and visitation orders are two separate and independent issues. The law requires a non custodial parent to pay child support. If the non custodial parent is working in most cases the law requires the employer to withhold the child support from the non custodial parents pay check. All custodial parents can have their State's child support case, or a search for a missing non custodial parent be administered by their State's Child Support Enforcement Office (every State has one). Their may be a small fee charged depending on the State. Once you are living separately from an absent parent, married or not he/she is required to pay child support. Custody and visitation orders are in most States.handled through Family Court and an individual parent must file legal documents through the court for custody and visitation orders to be resolved In most cases an attorney is needed.
You could be asked to pay for any expenses the mother had after birth but before the adoption. Once adopted the adoptive parents pay for their child.
Yes. Usually when a lesbian couple use a friend as a donor the other partner adopt the child or they have a written contact that he will not be asked for child support. if it in this case was a woman who had sex just to get pregnant the same rule as always applies - wear a condom if you don't want children. The mom can ask the biological father for child support and he then have the right to petition visitation and shared custody. The wife of the mother have no obligation to pay for a child that is not hers. In some states she can adopt the child and then she would have to pay. If not she is simply the step parent with no legal right to the child.
You have asked a complicated question. The time to request a child support order is during the divorce proceeding although the custodial parent can request child support and arrears any time before the child reaches eighteen years of age. For a child over the age of eighteen, when there is no existing child support order, you should visit the court and ask the clerk or consult with a private attorney who can review the details of your situation and explain your rights and options.
Contact the branch legal office. Have you asked him why.
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