Q: When is it okay to sue a father for child support?
A: Hello, if you and the father are getting a divorce, then child support should be addressed. If you and the father were never married, then when he stops providing financial support equal to or greater than what the state believe his amount of support obligation for the child. Your child is owed a duty of support so if it is not being financially supported by the other parent, then you should seek that support for your child. It can't get it if you don't ask for it. Best of luck!
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A suit for child support can be filed in these cases:
1) When the mother and father are married and a suit for divorce is filed, and there are minor children.
2) When the father and mother are not married, but where both are the biological parents of a child, and when the child is a minor. The suit for child support can go back up to 24 months from the date of filing in asking for support. THe mother can also ask for expenses of prenatal care and expenses of labor and delivery.
3) In a juvenile action when the Petitioner is asking for custody of a child and where one or both of the parents are unfit. Here support would be demanded from both parents.
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