My common law partner just got served papers to go to court for child suport from a girl he slept with almost 4 years ago. The little girl is almost 3 and he is not sure the baby is his. There is a chance that it is his.she is asking for back pay for 3 years. Will she be able to get it? And if so how will that work. We just had a baby 2 months ago how is that going to effect us if it is his. We r from saskatchewan canada.

First, he needs to request a paternity test before anything happens. If the child is his, then he will have to pay support. He may even have to pay back support. If its not his, then he walks away.

How it affects your relationship with him depends on how you let it affect you.

I understand that he would have to pay child suport but for her to do this 3 years later and want back pay now. We have a kid and if he has to pay back pay then I think that would be taking away from our kid.

Yes it is very likely that he will have to pay the back child support. The judge or the two people may work out a settlement for that.

It depends on the circumstances as to whether a court orders back support or not.

I don't know if anyone here is qualified to comment on Canadian family law, but I can give you an idea of how it works in California (for what that's worth) and it may lead you in the right direction.

We have a rule that says you can never get "back child support" extending back any earlier than the date the petition or complaint to establish paternity was filed with the court. So, if the mom did nothing the first 3 years of the child's life and only filed the case to establish paternity a month ago, she can only get child support reaching back one month, not 3 years. Of course, this assumes that the dad is ultimately determined to be the legal father (this usually coincides with who is found to be the biological father, but the rule is far more complicated than that and "bio-dad" is sometimes not found to be the legal father).

We may not be experts but we can point in a direction : )


Child Support Laws (http://www.childsupportlaws.ca/)

Canadian Child Suppot Laws

Thanks that's y I have asked on here cause I have no idea what's going to happen. I'm just afraid that there won't be money for my son. I'm on maternity right now and hardly have any money coming in. my son is not even 2 months.