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What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Oklahoma
My 17 year old nephew's 16 year old girlfriend has recently become pregnant with what she says is his child. She has admitted to others that the child could be someone else's.
He, of course, is love struck and is willing to accept responsibility for the child without paternity testing. They don't have plans to marry right now, but do have plans to live together. He will be 18 in a couple of months.
I'm sure that everyone who reads this post will agree with me, that the "new" will wear off all too soon and he will at some point undoubtedly want to know for sure if this child is his, either because he will be paying child support or because he may want custody. Call me a pessimist, but how many of these relationships do you ever hear about lasting?
My questions are:
If he acknowledges this child as his by allowing his name to be put on the birth certificate as the father, what are his rights later to question paternity?
If his name is not on the birth certificate, but he lives with her openly and acknowledges that the child is his, will he be liable for child support later?
When he turns 18, will she have grounds to charge him with statuatory rape if she gets upset with him?
If he chooses not to request paternity testing, do his parents have any right to request them even though he will be 18 when the child is born?
Thanks for your help.
My 17 year old nephew's 16 year old girlfriend has recently become pregnant with what she says is his child. She has admitted to others that the child could be someone else's.
He, of course, is love struck and is willing to accept responsibility for the child without paternity testing. They don't have plans to marry right now, but do have plans to live together. He will be 18 in a couple of months.
I'm sure that everyone who reads this post will agree with me, that the "new" will wear off all too soon and he will at some point undoubtedly want to know for sure if this child is his, either because he will be paying child support or because he may want custody. Call me a pessimist, but how many of these relationships do you ever hear about lasting?
My questions are:
If he acknowledges this child as his by allowing his name to be put on the birth certificate as the father, what are his rights later to question paternity?
If his name is not on the birth certificate, but he lives with her openly and acknowledges that the child is his, will he be liable for child support later?
When he turns 18, will she have grounds to charge him with statuatory rape if she gets upset with him?
If he chooses not to request paternity testing, do his parents have any right to request them even though he will be 18 when the child is born?
Thanks for your help.