Ohio Myths?

[olikolik]

Myths?

What is the name of your stateOhio

Okay, I have debating with a co worker about these things and want to get to the bottom of it.

In Ohio is it true that there is no such thing as joint custody? If this is true, is there anything that allows both parents to enjoy the rights of a cp?

Second, how long does a person have to come back and ask for back support? Say a woman was with two men, she becomes pregnant, she decides that she will not tell one, and tell the one she is most serious with that it is his. He signs the birth certificate and life goes on. Can she come back at any time and ask for dna test to prove that he is not, and go after the other guy for back support?


Thanks for the help/.

 

[LdiJ]

What is the name of your stateOhio

Okay, I have debating with a co worker about these things and want to get to the bottom of it.

In Ohio is it true that there is no such thing as joint custody? If this is true, is there anything that allows both parents to enjoy the rights of a cp?

Second, how long does a person have to come back and ask for back support? Say a woman was with two men, she becomes pregnant, she decides that she will not tell one, and tell the one she is most serious with that it is his. He signs the birth certificate and life goes on. Can she come back at any time and ask for dna test to prove that he is not, and go after the other guy for back support?


Thanks for the help/.

No, it is not true that there is no such thing in Ohio as joint custody. However, its probable that judges in Ohio don't order joint PHYSICAL custody (50/50 time) unless the parents are in agreement. That takes alot of cooperation to work.

There is no limit as to when a person can go for child support.

 

[Smarty Panties]

Yes, there is a limit on paternity and child support establishment.. Read here for Ohio child support/paternity issues.

http://ocse3.acf.dhhs.gov/ext/irg/sps/report.cfm?State=OH&CFID=241663&CFTOKEN=91578851#5

Not sure about the joint custody question. I'm not very familiar with Ohio.

 

[nextwife]

And who knows? Maybe by the time she does a statute for paternity fraud will be in place and she can get socked with a fraud charge for never disclosing that the child could have a dfifferent father.

Misrepresenting such an important matter is not only a CS matter. It's unfair and immoral. It robs the child of knowing their biofather and having them potentially in their life from the beginning. It robs the biofather of the same. And it is also wrong to have a man believe a child is his, attach to and support that child, only to tear away his rights his beliefs. Conversely, it's wrong to deny a man the opportunity to be involved in his child's life by denying him knowledge of his paternity - until she needs his money.

How would a woman like to discover her child had been switched at the hospital and she had to give the child she thought was hers back to someone else? How would she feel? IMHO, woman who commit paternity fraud should be subject to stiff fines and repayment of support she collected by fraud. In any other form of fraud, a person is expected to repay to person they defrauded.

"Deciding" to tell a man he IS a childs father, becaue SHE prefers to have that man in her life is self-serving and just plain WRONG.

 

[LdiJ]

Yes, there is a limit on paternity and child support establishment.. Read here for Ohio child support/paternity issues.

http://ocse3.acf.dhhs.gov/ext/irg/sps/report.cfm?State=OH&CFID=241663&CFTOKEN=91578851#5

Not sure about the joint custody question. I'm not very familiar with Ohio.

According to that link the limit for paternity establishment is age 23, and it didn't say anything about establishing child support.

 

[Smarty Panties]

"Paternity Acknowledgment is rebuttable. If not rescinded, within sixty days after the acknowledgment is signed, it becomes a conclusive determination of paternity. "

There's one of her answers.

"Ohio prohibits the ordering of retroactive support"

There's another. So there is a limit of what a woman can do as far as claiming one man is the father then later claiming he's not so she can go after a different guy for years of back support.