How to deal with a pregnant teen (child support, custody, baby)
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She doesn't need to file now. He has no paycheck to garnish, yet. If he keeps bringing what the baby needs, when she needs it, she has no reason to do anything yet. But I suspect that he is not going to be cooperative about bringing supplies. And at the same time, he will probably stop coming to see the baby.
Truly incredible, to think where they were 9 months ago - planning on doing this together, all on their own.
She doesn't need to file now. He has no paycheck to garnish, yet. If he keeps bringing what the baby needs, when she needs it, she has no reason to do anything yet. But I suspect that he is not going to be cooperative about bringing supplies. And at the same time, he will probably stop coming to see the baby.
Truly incredible, to think where they were 9 months ago - planning on doing this together, all on their own.
Maybe I wasn't clear, I meant that if by the time a baby was a certain age, (like say 4-5 months, by which time fob SHOULD have a paycheck to garnish.) Then Jersey's daughter should file on her own instead of waiting for him to do it.
I wonder if fob thinks that if he waits to file that he'll not be charged from birth. That he'll only start paying from the day he files.
When i filed, the end result was paying back support only to the day the mom filed her response to my petition and asked for child support. They didn't go back to birth, or my initial filing date for the DNA test.
Unsure if that's typical, but that made a difference of about $4K in arrears in my case.
When i filed, the end result was paying back support only to the day the mom filed her response to my petition and asked for child support. They didn't go back to birth, or my initial filing date for the DNA test.
Unsure if that's typical, but that made a difference of about $4K in arrears in my case.
Really? in the child support cases I've had friends/family involved in, unless the parents were married and divorced, the fob had to pay back support to birth. Maybe it depends on the state.
Really? in the child support cases I've had friends/family involved in, unless the parents were married and divorced, the fob had to pay back support to birth. Maybe it depends on the state.
I think it depends on the case too. Mine was far from typical. I even had court personell tell me it was a very unique case. Who wants to hear that?
Support is backdated to the date of filing, not the date of birth. As there's nothing to get right now, since he doesn't work, there is no reason to file. And no court involvement, nothing to keep your daughter from moving with the baby if/when the family moves.
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