I have a 10 month old daughter. Her father has not seen her or tried to establish contact for over 6 months, and for the first 4 months he disappeared for 36 days of that.. He has paid only $100 in child support for the whole pregnancy and life of my child, and is not on the birth certificate. I...

My son is 5 1/2 and I, his mother, have had him since he was 6 months old when we left his father (my boyfriend) in Oct 2003. I receive no child support and have never filed any legal papers with regard to my son, nor has his father (to my knowledge). His father is listed on my son's birth...

We are in WA state and my son is in a state institution -- he is severely autistic and 13 and was placed there voluntarily by us because he is violent in the home and was kicked out of schoo for violence. DSHS is telling me that I must come pick him up or they will charge me with "abandonment". ...

My niese's father has not seen her in 3 years and I wanted to now how to get him on abandonment even though he is court ordered to pay child support? He has not even made any kind of effort to come and see his daughter at all. Please I need your help.

I guess my question has to deal with my ex husband not taking responsibility for my children. He sees them when it is convenient for him and has hardly paid any child support since we were separated about a year ago. What are the rules for filing abandonment charges on him in the state of Indiana?