P
PaPaDoo
Guest
What is the name of your state? California - I have 2 daughters from my previous marriage. A 16 year old stepdaughter who I raised since she was 18 months, and a 12 year old natural child. The 16 year olds bio father is Danish and lives in Denmark. He has made no attempts in 16 years to see our daughter. Our existing sharing schedule was week with mom, week with dad etc. Last year, my then 15 yo step-daughter requested from her mother and I, to spend an extra day or two at my home on her 'off' week - giving her some quiet time. At first the mother agreed, then later turned a 180 and tried to have our existing MSA overturned and gain full custody of our then 15 yo daughter (step-daughter to me). Well, the judge and family court services completely disagreed and ordered primary physical custody to me, and 5% visitation to the natural mother. That was October 9, 2003 - Since that time, the mother has spent a whopping 11 hours with our 16 yo daughter. Recently, I filed (in pro per) a simplified order to modify child support. Her Attorney argued that she shouldn't have to pay the "non bio" of her daughter any support. The judge disagreed and pointed out the mother’s first obligation was to take care of her children, and asked council to help him (the judge) understand council's logic. After a few minutes of bantering the morality of it, the judge told both of us he would take it under advisement and get back to us with a decision. One of the attorney's closing remarks was that there is no provision in the family code covering C/S payments to a non-bio parent. The judge at one point even pulled out the Family code and started flipping through it. My question is simple - is there code covering this scenario and what is it? Funny thing is that I paid support for my non-bio daughter and half (or more) of everything else including insurance prior to the new orders - I guess stranger things have happened! The reason I ask is that if I can find the code, it will help the judge and give him something to hang his hat on.