2006-09-25 15:42:20 · 13 answers · asked by T 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
Take it to the courts, if she wants money she has to prove paternity, if your DNA is not a match you are clear, in most courts that has to be proven, that is how it works in this state, I'm not sure in the UK. Good Luck
2006-09-25 15:49:18 · answer #1 · answered by fanmay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't be, whether you are the father or not. Only two states allow a motion to discontinue child support due to lack of paternity, Illinois and Maryland. A Clay County (MO) judge did overturn a child support order against a man who was not the father, nor ever had any contact with the children, but the ruling has been overturned on appeal, as state law does not allow it. Once you begin paying child support, whether by court order or not, you cannot legally stop it. I've seen thousands of these cases over the years. Studies show that up to 35% of men ordered to pay child support are not the bio dad.. Los Angeles County, alone, gets over of 350 such claims a month.
We've been seeing a lot of these cases involving military men, who get hit with an order when they are out of the country and on active duty. They cannot return to fight the order and the legal divisions of the military, such as J.A.G., are not allowed to represent the men in these cases. They are only allowed to enforce the child support orders.
You could go for custody, than she can deny you based on the fact that you are not the father, but then she would have to give up her claim. Only Pennsylvania allows non-bio-dads to get custody.
I've been a father's right activist for 18 years and I can say that for now, you're screwed. That may change. Write your state representative and ask what is being done about these type of claims. It should be noted that the Maryland law came about as a result of a case involving a man who had not nuts due to testicle cancer. He was still ordered to pay.
2006-09-26 00:13:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your in theuk? Thick?
for one, if you are married to mother then you are legally responsible until you go to court and have DNA tests done to prove you are not father. Same goes if your not married since you already signed BC. If the child calls you daddy, and you have raised child then you should step up and be daddy. Blood isn't everything.
2006-09-25 16:00:26 · answer #3 · answered by bella 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You need to get legal advice mate, my brother was stitched up as being the father of some girls baby.....she shopped him to the CSA and the fight went on for 2 years after - all the family meeting the kid - it turned out to be NOT his baby!!! During this time the CSA decided they were going to 'assume parentage' how cheeky is tha!
You will have to take a DNA test to prove whether you are or not, there is no other way out of this situation for you....then you can be exempt....
2006-09-25 21:49:35 · answer #4 · answered by EMA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a slippery slope. A father help to raise a child in the US, and once the kid became a teenager, he found out that he was not the father. The judge would not give him a judgment for the child support, because he helped to raise the kid. I would talk to an attorney.
2006-09-25 15:45:32 · answer #5 · answered by croc hunter fan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are we to assume that you are not in a relationship with the mother and have never let the child feel that your are its father?
I raised several children that were not mine or related to me in any way.
We don't have a fostering system here, it was pretty much word of mouth.
They are all back with their families now, or married and moved on. But every one of them knows I have their back.
I will support them in times of emotional or monetary crisis.
I overheard one of them a few weeks ago telling his teacher that " She is my REAL mother!"
It is not about the blood tie. It is about the ties of love and responsibility.
I imagine that you can go to the courts and have your name removed; but think very hard about it. It may come back to haunt you in the long dark hours of your old age.
2006-09-25 21:10:48 · answer #6 · answered by Christine H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been cases in the U.S. where a man acted as Father, even though it wasn't his child (he knew it from the beginning) and the court forced him to continue paying support.
Why are you on the BC if it isn't your child? Did she lie to you? That may not release you either.
See an Attorney.
2006-09-25 15:46:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think birth certificates can be changed in the first 12 months but thats putting the fathers name on i dont know if anything can be taken off i think they have to stay as they are unless you adopt
2006-09-25 16:07:15 · answer #8 · answered by keny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you can with the mothers consent but i think you have to pay a small fee and you would probably have to take proof with you like dna results.
2006-09-25 22:58:53 · answer #9 · answered by honeybee0_90 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your name cannot be on the birth certificate without your permission, get a dna test and speak to a solicitor
2006-09-25 18:49:12 · answer #10 · answered by julie J2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋