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If you are not married to the mother, you should request a DNA test. Otherwise, you don't even know if it's your child.
It depends on whether there is already a child support order. Are you on TANF because of a disability? That would also go into the... Read Answer
In some counties, a judge may order a 50/50 schedule with neither party paying child support. However, some judge's will offset support in such... Read Answer
It sounds like the Texas Attorney General just needs to see a proof of payment from Missouri. This will likely require a motion to be filed so the... Read Answer
Does the child live with you? If the child is disabled, have you obtained an order for support to continue after the child turns 18? Will the child... Read Answer
If the Texas Attorney General's Office is involved in the case, it may be because the child has or is receiving some type of government assistance.... Read Answer
If you are still under 18, you would need an adult to file the suit on your behalf.
First of all let me make it clear that this answer in no way creates an attorney/client relationship, and that I am a S.C. lawyer and board certified... Read Answer
You will have to file a modification of child support in the County where the child support order was signed. The reduction can be... Read Answer
No, you are no longer the parent. Only legal parents can be ordered to pay child suppport. You are now a stranger to this child under the law.
No problem. A case for termination and adoption can be filed and service has to be made on the absent father by publication. Then court will appoint... Read Answer
You can initiate a case with a lawyer and in court you can provide evidence from any source, even from your own mouth based on your personal... Read Answer
the court has the power to enforce a child support order by contempt if the motion to enforce is filed within two years of the date the child becomes... Read Answer
Generally speaking she cannot take rights from you just because you have not seen your daughter. You can go back to court to try to get... Read Answer
No she cannot do that unless she went to court to get their names changed, and to do that she would have had to serve you with papers or you would... Read Answer
Yes because the court probably has papers showing that you were served to go to court when the case was first filed and that you didn't show up, so... Read Answer
Hire a Lawyer and he will file a Paternity case in the family court and ask the Judge to order DNA testing, etc and then everything else will fall... Read Answer
The biological father can terminate his rights in Texas. You still have to go through the court system, but if he is agreeable to the... Read Answer