Dallas, TX asked in Family Law, Civil Litigation and Public Benefits for Arkansas

Q: Unknown father or name of anyone I put unknown on the birth certificate and Medicaid referred me to child support

I went through a very bad period when I was younger and couldn’t cope with things… I was only 16 years old and was using lots of Xanax and alcohol…always running from home- or sneaking to parties… this was 2012, by the way I’m healthy and been clean and as soon as I found out I was pregnant I stopped using… but at the time I had lots of one night stands… and the man that would meet up with me. A lot of times were anonymous through webpages or I would meet at a party, they were also drug addicts, and I don’t even remember things in occasions mainly just clusters. at an adolescent age when I had my daughter and was going through emotional issues and drug problems and was drunk a lot. I would meet people at parties and it is embarrassing but now they sent a referral to child support after 12 years of them, giving me benefits for my daughter, and I and I have serious health problems and cannot afford to lose health insurance,

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