I live in Illinois and I have an ex that I was not married to that fathered a son with me. He then committed a sexual crime against his son and after he was incarcerated he then moved out of state to Nebraska and I was wondering if not only is it wise to obtain child support but does that give him legal rights to his son (which I do not wish him to have considering the crime committed) and how would I go about obtaining Child Support? And any other useful information that I may need.
Thank you if you can help!
Depending on the conviction and nature of the crime, it's possible that you can request NO visitation whatsoever IF Dad turns around files for visitation. Of course you can always ask the court to terminate his parental rights completely but that would mean no child support.
The court may allow him supervised visitation - but that's not a guarantee, given that the visitation would be with the child he abused. However, it HAS happened before.
Go ahead and file for child support anyway. With him being in Nebraska and not making contact thus far, there's at least a decent chance that he won't bother doing anything.
If he does, then you can deal with it.
