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Old 08-09-2009, 11:33 AM
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what is legal on birth certificate

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Colorado
My son married a woman who was pregnant. The child was not his and she has no idea who the father is. He is listed on the B/C as father and cares for the child as his own. The problem is the state will not take that into consideration to reduce child support to his former partner becasue he is not the biological father. Does he have to legally adopt this child as a step-parent adoption to have this legal, and what do they do about the true father when she doesnt know who he is. It was a one night stand and she doesnt even remember his name becasue she was intoxicated.
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Old 08-09-2009, 12:33 PM
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LEGALLY he is the child's father.
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Old 08-09-2009, 01:58 PM
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LEGALLY he is the child's father.
And because he is legally the child's father, I don't know how the state could not take that into consideration in a child support calculation.

Also, the credit for a subsequent child is not normally very much.
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And because he is legally the child's father, I don't know how the state could not take that into consideration in a child support calculation.

Also, the credit for a subsequent child is not normally very much.
I'm not even sure how that would come up in the conversation - do family services regularly ask if the person on the birth certificate is biologically the child's parent? They sure as heck don't in North Dakota and PA.

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I'm not even sure how that would come up in the conversation - do family services regularly ask if the person on the birth certificate is biologically the child's parent? They sure as heck don't in North Dakota and PA.
The other parent could have been aware of the situation and brought it up.
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The other parent could have been aware of the situation and brought it up.
Would that even matter? He was married to Mom at the time and is on the birth certificate - wouldn't it only come into play if biological father filed to establish paternity?
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