Q: If a father signs birth certificate and the child isn’t his can he still be made to pay support.
Thought the child was mine and found out a year later she wasn’t mine but i still Took care of her
A: It is difficult to answer your question as you say you signed a "birth certificate." If it was a birth certificate then more facts are necessary. If however you signed an "acknowledgment of Paternity," then under the law you are the "father" of the child and will have to pay support. You should take the document you signed to an attorney and go over all of the facts of the case to see what your obligations are.
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