Paternity

GRANDMA IN NC HERE AGAIN. WELL IT'S BEEN ALMOST 2 MONTHS THIS GIRL IS REALLY GETTING MYDANDER UP. SHE STILL HASN'T GONE FOR THE BLOOD TEST ON THE BABY AND IN THE MEAN TIME MY SON IS STILL PAYING FOR HIM. i'M WAITING ON A REPLY FROM OUR LAWYER TO SEE WHAT THE ?????? IS UP . i HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THIS MATTER THOUGH, WHEN HE DOES FIND OUT THAT THE BABY IS NOT HIS,IS THERE A WAY THAT HE CAN GET HER TO PAY HIM BACK FOR PAYING FOR A CHILD THAT WASN'T HIS WHEN SHE KNEW IT WASN'T HIS ALL ALONG? CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO DO TO GO ABOUT IT?

[Grace_Adler]

I've heard of people sueing another party in situations like that. Sometimes people win, sometimes they don't. Hard to say how it will go.

Was your son ordered to pay CS through the court?

[ellencee]

Grandma in NC
I read your previous posts and it seems to me your son needs to be in closer contact with his attorney and perhaps needs to make a list of issues to discuss with this attorney--the house, the support, the education issue, the divorce, the paternity, etc.
If the judge issued an order for the mother to submit to a paternity test for the youngest child, then perhaps your son's attorney needs to file a motion for contempt of the judge's order.
As regards the child support paid for the youngest child if the child proves not to be your son's, I can only say that in NC I have known the outcome to be both ways--the 'father' was not awarded repayment of the support as he voluntarily signed the birth certificate and the child was born during the marriage, and that the 'father' was awarded the support paid for a child that was not his. The only difference I recall in the two situations was the issue of the child's birth being during the marriage. There is a legal stance that it is better for the 'father' to suffer the financial loss of supporting a child not biologically his than it is for the child to suffer financial loss and hardship if the court orders the mother to repay the money.
You can do nothing; it is your son who must take action and be responsible for the outcomes of these issues. I understand you may be the gatherer of information, but you can not be the taker of any action; that falls to your son, only.