Paternity and establishing child support

[twister22]

My boyfriend took a paternity test over a year ago and never saw the results. The mother of the child claims that the results were about 96% positive but the courts have never followed through with gettting child support payments set-up. The mother recently got married and I heard that in some states if the child support was not arranged before the marriage then the biological father is not obligated to pay for child support, the new husband is seen as a provider for the child. Do you know if this is true and what states it may be true in?

 

[LadyBlu]

My boyfriend took a paternity test over a year ago and never saw the results. The mother of the child claims that the results were about 96% positive but the courts have never followed through with gettting child support payments set-up. The mother recently got married and I heard that in some states if the child support was not arranged before the marriage then the biological father is not obligated to pay for child support, the new husband is seen as a provider for the child. Do you know if this is true and what states it may be true in?

Definitely not true... Biological father is always financially responsible for his children, until his death, the child reaches the age of majority for that state or the step father adopts the child after father has given up his rights.

 

[crager34]

good post

Ladyblu is correct. A friend of mine was contacted 1 1/2 years after his child was born...can't see the X...can't see the kid (she lices out of state). Guess what? HE HAS TO PAY!!! He is very responsible and wants/willing to pay, but he wants to see the child too. So, here is where a lot of parents screw up. They go after the other party so they can see the kid, which is fine, but what of the kid. She is in a different state, the kid doesn't know him, visitation would be very limited and expensive.... A little different situation, but the point remains. The biological father IS responsible.