Q: Do I have to break up with my girlfriend which is my baby mother if we decide to put child support?
If I'm 15 years old and I have a girlfriend that is also 15 years old and we had a baby and each both of us live with our parents and my girlfriend stays with the baby, and she is now 4 months and my girlfriend wants me to give her money for baby to take car eof her and we put child support and my question is that if we put child support does it mean we have to break up because of the child support?
A: Whether you are a couple or not has nothing to do with supporting your child. If you are old enough to have a child, then you are old enough to take care of it. “Child support” is a legal term that describes a financial responsibility ordered by a court of Law to help with the expenses associated with the responsibility of parenthood.
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