What can I do if the father of my child refuses to pay child support?

Contact a family law attorney that handles these types of family law issues.

If both you and the child have now returned to the United States. You may sue the father of your child for child support either in the state where you live, in the state where he resides or in the state where the child was born.

You need to start a custody and child support action in court. If he fails to obey the order, then you will have to move to have him held in contempt.

I am afraid, but the only way you can get anything from this unfortunate situation is to hire a local attorney to represent your and your child's interests in court. You would like have to undergo also paternity test to prove your former husband is the father of your child, because it is likely he would deny it. However, with the hard work of your legal representative, you will be able to do many things. Keep in mind that being over certain time above what is allowed oversees, you may loose your green card. Whether this message will get to you or not, you seriously are in need of good legal representative who would be able to do many good thinks for you here. I am not offering myself for you. I am telling you what you really need to help your and your child situation. You also must be absolutely truthful.

He is only required to pay support of a court orders it. Instead of leaving you should have filed a parentage action in the county in which he lives to get a support order. You can still do that.