Does anyone have any experience with the laws in Illinois on child support?

Question

I am in a bind and need help with an answer.Being a good person,young and gullible at a very suceptible time in my life.I got involved with a pregnant girl and signed the birth certificate.We was not married at the time and I did not sign a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity.We married 2 days after child came and divorced 3 years later due to her continuos infedelity.I am very angry to think that a man who was so genorous to a woman could do this.I missed court appearances due to shock and disbelieve that this was happenning.So now I'm $23,000 in the hole for a child that's not mine and I haven't seen in 5 years and the last time I did he got mad and told me that I'm not his real father.I have heard thru the grapevine that they are in contact with the real father.My question is can I get out of this mess that I have made.There is more to the story yet to little space to write about it.

I also need to add that I have a wife and 3 kids that I'm trying to support and off of work due to a broken back and financially not able to hire an attorney.I am just like the other 70% of americans living paycheck to paycheck.Ilinois is a state that loves to pin being a father to anyone regardless if he is the father,all because they and all the other states are billions of dollars behind on child support payments.This woman contacted a few years ago and told me if I signed a paper stating she could leave the state to move to California that she would sign a paper that would not obligate me to past or future child support in front of the attorney general which she lied to both and he couldn't or wouldn't do anything about the lie.I am so fed up with the laws that I'm ready to move out of this communist country

I do feel for all the women out there for dead beat dads but in no way am I a dead beat dad.I was only trying to help a girl who fell into a trap she was in a foster home when I met her due to her not being able to follow her parents rules.I am not stereotyping foster children but I knew she was troubled in first place.I tried to give her a good life yet for the last 10 years I have had an awful life all due to my thinking it will go away on it's own and that she would realize what she was doing was wrong.How wrong and stupid I was.

Answer 1

I'm going to attempt to answer based on what you have told. Even though you did not sign a voluntary acknowledgment and were not married, your not appearing in court is what obligated you to this. It depends on the county you live in and the judge you get, but the only option is for you to file a petition to the court in the county in which your order was issued. There are judges who will state that since you acted as the childs father since birth, you are still obligated to pay. There are other judges which will state a DNA test is needed and make a determination based upon the results. You do not have to have an attorney to file a petition, you can go do this yourself. Unfortunately, this is the only option you have in Illinois.

Answer 2

You have 2 years from the date you are told that you are not the father to order paternity tests. since you were told from the beginning that you were not the father once the child reached 2 years old you lost your right to contest the fact that the child was not yours. you are now obligated to support the child. any attorney will tell you that and if they tell you differently tell them if they lose the case and you have to end up paying child support then you are not going to pay them. they will tell you that you can win only to have you pay them to fight it, but in the end you will lose and end up paying the child support and the attorney. get it in the contract with the attorney if they are that sure they can win then they will allow you to put that in the contract. just as with injury cases. you dont pay unless you win.. use the same approach because I know after 2 years it does not matter. the child is assumed to be yours.. you can not contest it after 2 years.. good luck as a side note if you are paying support you also have every right to reasonable visitation... ask for it sometimes that will make her decide she does not want support if she has to give up time with the child..

Answer 3

you are the child's legal father,,,,,,,,but her not letting you see him and turning him against him is another story. I'd see a lawyer if you can afford it. My son is going through the same thing only with a little girl who thinks he is Daddy but my son can only see the younger daughter who IS his.So he does not have to pay child support for the older girl he wants too see both girls. I feel like I lost my Granddaughter as I was the only Grandma she had from Daddy's side of the family. We live in central Illinois.

Answer 4

sorry for what you are going thru,
I live in MN and one of my good friends went through the same thing, actually he adopted a child when he got married. "her child" they got divorced 1 year after marriage. He is now responsible for child support, but he is contact a attorney about looking into unfit parenting on is X ect.
good luck

Answer 5

Why might want to the non-custodial make sure get toddler help? The custodial make sure in many cases has the youngster for most individuals of the time so that they get help from the different make sure. each and every state makes use of a formula in holding with earning, expenditures and time spent with the youngster. that is how they make sure out how a lot is paid. The custodial make sure has plenty popping out of pocket to boot.

Answer 6

Ask the court to order the test and prove you are not the father. They will not make you pay childsupport on a child that is not yours.