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    Mar 30, 2012, 12:17 PM
    If your name is not on a child's birth certificate, do you still pay child support?
    My husband has a child with another women but his name is not on her birthcertificate and he didn't sign it if they order him a dna test for court will he have to pay childsupport?
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    Mar 30, 2012, 01:19 PM
    If he's shown to be the father, and either the mother files for support or the mother files for state aid, then he will have to pay support.

    As he SHOULD, if he is the father. That's called "taking responsibility for your actions", and it's the right thing to do.
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    Mar 30, 2012, 01:20 PM
    Of course, they may even though child support enforcement try to collect without the DNA test but he would then be allowed to ask for the DNA test.

    Being or not being on he birth certificate does not make any difference.
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    Mar 30, 2012, 03:45 PM
    If the child is his then he should man up and support his child.
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    Mar 30, 2012, 05:03 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by montanop2 View Post
    ... if they order him a dna test for court will he have to pay childsupport?
    • If they so order,
    • if he complies and submits to the test,
    • if the test indicates he is the father, and
    • if the court then orders him to pay,
    yes, he will have to.
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