child born out of adulty from my husband

[babygirl12345]

What is the name of your state? Maryland

My husband and I recently got married a month ago. Before us becoming married, i knew of his situation. A year ago he was dating a woman and eventually they went there separate ways. A couple months later he gets a phone call from her husband (which he had no knowledge of). And couple a phone calls later, she states that she is 3 mos. preg and doesn't know who the father is. Last week she notified my husband that she had the baby a month ago and the paternity test that her and her husband took came back negative. They want, whoever the father is, to pay $800 a month in daycare while the husband handles the other day-to-day baby expenses. My husband and i decided that it would be best if he took a paternity test to see if he was the father. The results came back that my husband is the father of her child. (The baby also has her husband's last name) Someone told me that it was consider adultry on her part and he shouldn't have to do anything at all because he is not liable for the child because she is married. We haven't told the woman what the results are because we are now thinking that we don't want any part of the situation. If she does decide to take him to get (another) paternity test it will come from her money. My question is can my husband be liable for child support or even supporting the child with him not knowing that she was married when the baby was conceived? Will she also be held liable because of her adultry? Thanks!!!

[rmet4nzkx]

It is not necessary to post the question 3 times.

Her committing adultery known or unknown to him does not absolve him of his parental responsibilities, however it does complicate matters.

Right now, her husband is the legal father, responsible for the child and nothing will happen unless and until the legal parents file for paternity with the legal father legally denying paternity, a judge ordering a paternity test or your husband signing an acknowledgement of paternity. He will pay for the test if it is positive with him being the father/she will pay for the test if he is not the father. Following the legal DNA test, if this wasn't a legal test and or signing of the acknowledgement (cost factors since you already know the results) the judge will make several rulings, establishing paternity, custody and child support. Your husband will have to file for visitation if he chooses to, it is not required, automatic, may affect the amount of child support.

Depending on the facts child support will be calculated on a set formula determined by the state which will usually begin a/o the filing of the paternity case or possibly when you received the positive paternity results.

Do not enter into any private payment or custody/visitation agreement without a court order. Child support may or not include child support, child care and medical, so it is very possible that going by the state guidelines would be less than what they are asking for. Here is a link to work the numbers to get an idea how much to start setting aside. It would be wise to consult an attorney as soon as possible even if she hasn't files a paternity case.
[url]http://www.alllaw.com/calculators/Childsupport/maryland/[/url]

[rmet4nzkx]

Please note that this was OP's original thread to which I responded even giving a link to a child support calculator and rather than acknowledging or responding to this she posted yet another thread, for a total of 5 threads on different forums. How many members continued to respond to these obvious duplicate threads after OP's question had been answered and not one onted there were duplicate threads?

[LdiJ]

Originally Posted by rmet4nzkx

Please note that this was OP's original thread to which I responded even giving a link to a child support calculator and rather than acknowledging or responding to this she posted yet another thread, for a total of 5 threads on different forums. How many members continued to respond to these obvious duplicate threads after OP's question had been answered and not one onted there were duplicate threads?

I honestly didn't notice the duplicates myself....my bad.

[rmet4nzkx]

Originally Posted by LdiJ

I honestly didn't notice the duplicates myself....my bad.

They were right in a row, I responded to the first before she posted her last question, lol, she sure got us chasing our tails for nothing. I didn't go posting "duplicate thread" because it was so obvious with 5!

[AHA]

I did notice it, but I'm sick and tired of teaching adults how to use this site. If she wants to show everyone how stupid she is, then I'm not going to stop her. I don't mind laughing AT her.