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What is the name of your state? Texas
After 8 years of marriage, my brother and his wife seperated (for 9 months) and were in the process of filing for divorce when she decided to come back. A couple of weeks after her return, she found out that she was pregnant. (They already had 1 child together.)
When the baby was born, my brother signed the AOP because she assured him this was his child. (The baby was born premature and she and the mother nearly died). Shortly after both the mother and the baby got out of the hospital, the mother took both children and left again. The mother has since told my brother that the child isn't his.
Now the mother is trying to get child support through the Attorney General's office. My brother told the AG office that he would gladly pay child support for the first child but he wanted a paternity test done before agreeing to pay child support for the second child.
The AG office told him because he signed the AOP that he had to pay child support.
Is this true?
I found the AG of Texas website http://www.oag.state.tx.us/AG_Publications/txts/paternity.shtml that says if the father doesn't think the child is his, he just has to ask for a paternity test.
If this is true, why would the AG office give him a hard time?
He has been trying to get her to have the Paternity test done since the baby was born, but she refuses.
What are his next steps?
What legal actions should he take?
Thanks in Advance,
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After 8 years of marriage, my brother and his wife seperated (for 9 months) and were in the process of filing for divorce when she decided to come back. A couple of weeks after her return, she found out that she was pregnant. (They already had 1 child together.)
When the baby was born, my brother signed the AOP because she assured him this was his child. (The baby was born premature and she and the mother nearly died). Shortly after both the mother and the baby got out of the hospital, the mother took both children and left again. The mother has since told my brother that the child isn't his.
Now the mother is trying to get child support through the Attorney General's office. My brother told the AG office that he would gladly pay child support for the first child but he wanted a paternity test done before agreeing to pay child support for the second child.
The AG office told him because he signed the AOP that he had to pay child support.
Is this true?
I found the AG of Texas website http://www.oag.state.tx.us/AG_Publications/txts/paternity.shtml that says if the father doesn't think the child is his, he just has to ask for a paternity test.
If this is true, why would the AG office give him a hard time?
He has been trying to get her to have the Paternity test done since the baby was born, but she refuses.
What are his next steps?
What legal actions should he take?
Thanks in Advance,
TxQuestionsWhat is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?