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Does the law require a Married man to pay for a child he fathers from another women. He already has a two year old child with his wife and wants to stay in his marriage. Paternity Testing will be done.
I have heard that if he stays married the wife is also considered responsible for the payment.
The pregnant "other woman" is not planning on pursuing financial help, but, she is barely making it on her own. (They are from Texas and over 30 years old. The male, the wife and the pregnant woman all have full time jobs.)
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I am 5 months pregnant by what I thought to be a very kind man who I have known and worked with for about 8 years now. We family became intimate about 5 months ago and it was still going on until he found out by a co-worker that I was pregnant. He's mad at me now and wants me to get an abortion because he's married! I really care about him and I believes that deep down he cares about me but now he's afraid his wife will find out! What should I do to keep our friendship/relationship alive? We've had sex several times and he never ask for a rubber but now he regrets not using one like it's all my fault1 What legal rights do I have if he decides to back away from this child?
depending on what state you are in, you can have him sign an acknowledgement of paternity form , which heprobably wont if he is worried about covering his own but, if not you may have to arrange for a court ordered DNA test, once he is determined as the father he will be responsible for child support and possibly a portion of you medical expenses.
If the child is yours, YOU WILL have to help support it. I don't know about your wife, but I don't think her income plays into it. I know people who are married now who have children from a previous marriage and the man is solely responsible for the child support. But yes, you are going to have to pay child support if the baby is yours.
Normally the man would be responsible for supporting the child that he fathered, regardless of his and the mother's marital status. The wife, on the other hand, has no legal obligation to provide support as it is not her child. However, if the mother "doesn't plan on pursuing financial help", which I take to mean she isn't going to initiate legal action then the father will not be compelled to pay anything.
2.5 years later, i think he has figured it out by now.
Look at the dates on the various posts and observe the pattern:
Original post: June 10, 2003 (obviously ancient by now)
1st. response: Feb. 11, 2005 (over a year and a half later)
2nd response: Feb. 20, 2005 (1st response was still fresh, though the original post was long outdated)
3rd. response: Mar. 31, 2005 (previous response is pretty stale by now)
4th response: Yesterday, Dec. 6, 2005. This pushed this thread to the top of the list, giving the appearance of being a new thread.
Two more people, including myself, have since responded, seeing this thread at the top of the list, despite its age, and believing it to be a new thread.
Let's all make it a point to check the date on the original post and, if it's old, don't respond. That'll keep it at the bottom of the list and no one will be tempted to respond to it.
Too old.....ha.....lol..............gee......old questions do get new answers......I don't follow directions ..........
Had child support in the 80's and wife was going to recieve a tax return.....but goverment grabbed it to pay back child support payment I owed.....lol......did she get and mad a me?...............yes.......
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