What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? TX
I had a brief fling (two weekends....4 days) with this woman in 1998 and then left town for few months ...came back and she told me she was pregnant and that the baby was mine. I offered my help in any way I could think of...I was 19! She told me she didn't want anything from me and that I would never see her or my child ever again. And from that moment on I never heard nor have I seen her or said child....Fast forward to May of this year...I open a letter from the Office of the Attorney General saying that I am the father of this child who was born in 1999....took the paternity test and yes this child is mine. I have never met this child. I didn't even know that she existed until recently. I have been denied my rights as a father to love, provide and be responsible for her upbringing. I am devastated!!!! This is not right....how can someone hide a child from the other parent and then go back 15+ years and want back child support? Mind you its not just about the money aspect.....How do you get back the years of firsts...first laugh...first steps first days of school...the first I love you Daddy? I feel like Ive been broadsided. what are my rights? Do I have a leg to stand on in court? Do I have any rights? I have so many other questions but I cant keep track right now..... Thank you very much
I had a brief fling (two weekends....4 days) with this woman in 1998 and then left town for few months ...came back and she told me she was pregnant and that the baby was mine. I offered my help in any way I could think of...I was 19! She told me she didn't want anything from me and that I would never see her or my child ever again. And from that moment on I never heard nor have I seen her or said child....Fast forward to May of this year...I open a letter from the Office of the Attorney General saying that I am the father of this child who was born in 1999....took the paternity test and yes this child is mine. I have never met this child. I didn't even know that she existed until recently. I have been denied my rights as a father to love, provide and be responsible for her upbringing. I am devastated!!!! This is not right....how can someone hide a child from the other parent and then go back 15+ years and want back child support? Mind you its not just about the money aspect.....How do you get back the years of firsts...first laugh...first steps first days of school...the first I love you Daddy? I feel like Ive been broadsided. what are my rights? Do I have a leg to stand on in court? Do I have any rights? I have so many other questions but I cant keep track right now..... Thank you very much