Q: If child support was set up by DHR and no custody was established, is the mother automatically the custodial parent?
There are no papers or any court appearances between the parents about visitation or custody. There is only the child support that was established with DHR court back in 2005. The parents were never married, and the father is on the birth certificate. They went back for an increase in child support through DHR in 2018, but the mother never showed.
A: You have no custodial rights just because you are on the birth certificate or paying support. Parenting issues must be settled in the Court. THose issues are NOT part of the DHR child support cases. WHile it is very common to hear the child support DHR matter at the same time a custody matter is heard, DHR deals in money, not custody. Go to court if you want visitation.
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