Q: With the unborn child support act, is father of child required to pay this retroactively to me?
I have a child that is 2 years 8 months. I am not together with the father. He is on the birth certificate. He did not pay for any prenatal care or for the birth. At the time I was working and had insurance and he was not working as he was studying full time.
A:
As far as I am aware, the "Unborn Child Support Act" was introduced in 2022 as proposed federal legislation.
The bill never made it out of committee.
It was then reintroduced in 2024 and, as far as I understand, has not been approved by Congress.
Even still, your child is now two years old, and you have the right to seek an award of child support, childcare, a contribution to unreimbursed healthcare costs, etc. from the court system based on your income setting, your former partner's income setting, and the overnight parenting time plan in place (among other factors the court must consider).
As I recall, you could have sought reimbursement of specific expenses for your prenatal costs from the court at the time that you made your initial request for child support.
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