Starsol1122
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NV
Father is in CA
My son is 11 years old and has always been under my care. Father and I were never married and he is not on the birth certificate. He sees my son about once a year for 2 days and calls him about once a month if he's lucky. There has never been a child support order but in the he past he would send 100 or 200 bucks almost every month. Well as my son has gotten older I kept asking the father to help more financially but he refused. So I went to the DA's office and filed for child support. Of course now father is upset and wants to take me to court for the following things:
1. Change my sons last name to his... Which my son does not want to
2. Gain some sort of custody ... He said to minimize the amount of child support ordered
3. Visitation... Which I have never denied ... But he just didn't put the effort in to do so
My son has never spent the night at his dad's... Doesn't call him dad...and says he doesn't want to go spend summers with him. They really don't have a father son relationship. My questions at this point ... How much custody can his father get and will the judge ask my son his opinion on visitation since he doesn't want to go... And can he really change his name?
His father has never been consistent in keeping a relationship with him but he says that now that I'm taking his money he wants something in return. Can someone give me an idea of what might happen? Thank you!
Father is in CA
My son is 11 years old and has always been under my care. Father and I were never married and he is not on the birth certificate. He sees my son about once a year for 2 days and calls him about once a month if he's lucky. There has never been a child support order but in the he past he would send 100 or 200 bucks almost every month. Well as my son has gotten older I kept asking the father to help more financially but he refused. So I went to the DA's office and filed for child support. Of course now father is upset and wants to take me to court for the following things:
1. Change my sons last name to his... Which my son does not want to
2. Gain some sort of custody ... He said to minimize the amount of child support ordered
3. Visitation... Which I have never denied ... But he just didn't put the effort in to do so
My son has never spent the night at his dad's... Doesn't call him dad...and says he doesn't want to go spend summers with him. They really don't have a father son relationship. My questions at this point ... How much custody can his father get and will the judge ask my son his opinion on visitation since he doesn't want to go... And can he really change his name?
His father has never been consistent in keeping a relationship with him but he says that now that I'm taking his money he wants something in return. Can someone give me an idea of what might happen? Thank you!