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I currently live in Illinois. I believe he still lives in La but we have had no contact. If they are never able to serve him does that mean my case will never go anywhere. Do I need to hire a lawyer to help establish paternity and child support and should the lawyer be in IL or Louisiana?
this child is 16 years old i have been going to jail behind this matter i was told to establish paternity in which i did so. Now i'm being told that it doesn't matter that i established paternity i need a Disavow form to be filed and i can't file it myself i really need some help. I... View More 
answered on Jun 5, 2020
Being biologically not the father of the child and being legally not the father are different things. Technically, a child could have 3 different "legal" fathers: biological, legal, and adoptive. If you are legally the child's father, you should file to disavow paternity within 1... View More
He will be attending college and working pt but will not be living with either parent. Will it go directly to my son?
answered on Jun 2, 2020
Louisiana has no legal requirement that you pay child support after high school graduation. If this is for arrears, it goes to the other parent.
He has a whole baby room for his son and buys him every and anything she ask him for him if she needs diapers, food, etc he gets it. he try’s to see him as much as he can but she always turns him down. In reality she’s just bitter because they aren’t together anymore and that’s because of... View More
answered on Jun 2, 2020
Your decision to have a child is your decision, not his and not his baby mama's. Yes she can put him on child support and so can you. If he wants custody or visitation, he can hire a custody lawyer.
Her ex thought he was the father all these years. If it turns out he is mine am I responsible for back child support? Her mom told me no name was put on the birth certificate. What are my options? She is upset that her mom called and told me. She will not take my calls.
answered on Jun 2, 2020
You will not be liable for 11 years of back child support. But you may be responsible for the next 7 years of child support. If you want to be involved in the child's life, hire a custody lawyer. If you are not interested in being a Dad or paying 7 years of child support, stay off the phone... View More
answered on May 24, 2020
If no younger siblings, then child support ends 30 Jun 2020.
answered on May 24, 2020
Contact the District Attorney. However if your child is on medicaid, paid by the state, then the decision is not up to you.
answered on May 23, 2020
To the state to pay back the taxpayets for the public assistance to support your children.
I received fitap for 13 months and the noncustodial parent didn’t pay his monthly obligation of child support. He filed taxes this year for the first time and the state withheld it and stimulus for fitap back pay. Is there anything I can do to at least keep some of it during this hard pandemic
answered on May 20, 2020
Yes a tax refund and stimulus check can both be garnished to pay child support arrears
Need to redo custody and visitation plus possible child support but I live in Louisiana and ex-wife and child live in Florida. Divorce decree was done in MS. 14year old daughter wants to live with me, my wife and her 3 sisters to grow up with them and also because her mother and boyfriend have... View More
answered on May 20, 2020
If your child lives in FL for at least 6 months, then you need to hire a FL custody lawyer.
My attorney filed a motion of default and I still had to attend the hearing for custody, alimony and division of some assests..I wasnt properly represented and he ended up not paying alimony , getting his visitation with the child unsupervised and the home which I initially purchased when we got... View More
answered on May 18, 2020
So your attorney filed a Preliminary Default and at the Prima Facia hearing got clobbered. Hire a new lawyer. But yes, there had to be a Prima Facia Hearing to confirm the default.
Dept of social services says have to pay support until graduation ceremony even though she passed and finished with school. Child is getting $580 week from unemployment. How is this even fair.
answered on May 18, 2020
It's not fair and I disagree. I think you have to pay child support through 31 May 2020. Then stop.
Do you have to file a motion to get child support reduced? Is this automatic? Does support amount stay the same?
answered on May 12, 2020
No. Consult with a child support attorney to determine any change in the amount that could be obtained. Without going to court or a Consent Judgment, it remains unchanged
answered on May 12, 2020
IF you already had a child support judgment, THEN an attorney can file contempt for you. You can then garnish wages or seize tax refunds and assets.
IF you need a judgment of child support, THEN an attorney can file a Petition on your behalf.
Mother of child has not allow me to claim child in over 4 years due to me being in rears. Court order from intial court date states I can claim child every year due to me paying over 60% of his living cost. Is it legal for mother not to allow me to claim child ?
answered on May 8, 2020
You need a child support lawyer to review the judgment. There are too many unanswered variables.
Case was opened in 2012, we got married in 2018. Case is still open, just making sure no laws are being broken
answered on May 7, 2020
You need to file a copy of your marriage certificate into your child support case.
Back child support arrears was due to years of incarceration. I begin to pay the arrears as soon as I was released. Have been paying for many years. Can I get a passport
answered on May 3, 2020
Yes, child support arrears should not prevent you from getting a passpoert.
i understand that i will get the 600 with up to 50% taken out. but im still being charged monthly?
answered on May 2, 2020
If yiubowe arrears, that is not erased by your child being adopted. They will take your stimulus checks to satisfy arrears.
answered on May 2, 2020
The non custodial parent should pay a minimum of $100/mo from the date of separation and start paying any court ordered amount retroactive to the date that a motion for child support is filed.
My children's dad was permitted every other weekend visitation with me being present. We are suppose to meet at an agreed upon place for him to see them. He was also ordered 200 cs each month. Since this order in September '19 he has seen them at most 10 times since. He has also only... View More
answered on Apr 28, 2020
You can hire an attorney to hold him. In contempt for both child support and the visitation.
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