QUESTION
Why does badgercare force state run child support?
Asked on Mar 17th, 2016 on Family Law - Wisconsin
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Hello, My son's mother and I were never married and now apperently with some paperwork issue from the hostpital after 2 years, I dont have parental rights. We didnt know this until she was contacted by a child support agent brought on by the mother and my son being on badgercare. We currently have arrangments between our selfes with child support. So they're telling me I need to come in and fix the paper error to get my parental rights back. Which I have no problem with, I want parental rights. But, I feel this attempt to fix this error, That is the only thing stopping them from attempting to force us into The Court's child support sytem. Any Thoughts?
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Any time either party is receiving any state assistance, the state agency is going to insist that paternity be established if the child was born out of wedlock and that the party pay for the support of the minor child. Since apparently, she is on state aid (badger care), the child support enforcement division is looking at you to start paying child support. I don't understand the note about losing your parental rights or getting them back. If you have been adjudicated as being the child's father, you have rights towards the child, even if you chose not to personally exercise them. The only way your parental rights can be terminated is if the child is put up for adoption or step parent adoption where your rights are either terminated voluntarily or involuntarily if there are grounds to so under the law.
Answered on Mar 17th, 2016 at 4:28 PM
David B. Karp Karp & Iancu, S.C. 933 North Mayfair Road #300 Milwaukee, WI 53226 414 453 0800 dbk@karplawfirm.com www.karplawfirm.com