Child support and visitation in TX

[sball_chik]

I just received a letter in the mail from the attorney general office. Apparently the father of my two month old son wants to pay child support, I'm guessing because he wants visitation rights. (I have not kept my son from him, he simply hasn't tried to see him) He has two other children, one is eight, the other is five months which he does not pay for monthly and sees whenever he has time. I don't want someone to play "daddy" when it's convenient for them. My question is, can I request that he proves to me that he can support his other two children monthly before he can try to support mine? Can he pick and choose which he pays for? I don't want child support, but if he wants to pay I feel as if he should pay the other two women as well.

 

[stealth2]

I just received a letter in the mail from the attorney general office. Apparently the father of my two month old son wants to pay child support, I'm guessing because he wants visitation rights. (I have not kept my son from him, he simply hasn't tried to see him) He has two other children, one is eight, the other is five months which he does not pay for monthly and sees whenever he has time. I don't want someone to play "daddy" when it's convenient for them. My question is, can I request that he proves to me that he can support his other two children monthly before he can try to support mine? Can he pick and choose which he pays for? I don't want child support, but if he wants to pay I feel as if he should pay the other two women as well.

It is, frankly, none of your business. He may have an arrangement with the other Mom(s) that you are unaware of. You picked him as the father of the child you share - he is well within his rights to do as he is doing. Expect him to get parenting time, including overnights in short order.

Child support is never an admission ticket to parenting time - especially not CS for children unrelated to you.

 

[LdiJ]

It is, frankly, none of your business. He may have an arrangement with the other Mom(s) that you are unaware of. You picked him as the father of the child you share - he is well within his rights to do as he is doing. Expect him to get parenting time, including overnights in short order.

Child support is never an admission ticket to parenting time - especially not CS for children unrelated to you.

In TX its a little bit different because the AG also orders guideline visitation along with child support...so the ordering of child support almost IS kind of an "admission ticket".

 

[stealth2]

In TX its a little bit different because the AG also orders guideline visitation along with child support...so the ordering of child support almost IS kind of an "admission ticket".

But not whether he is paying for his other kids. None of OP's business.

ETA - And DAD foiled to pay support for this child on his own. The other kids are moot.