To be more specific, my wife and I have been seperated since Feb. of 2005, though we have not yet filed for divorce. Her and her new partner are expecting a child in a few months and I was trying to figure out if, because she is legally my wife, I would then become financially responsible for her child. She does not expect me to support her child, but I was wondering about the legallities of the situation.
2007-02-12 14:32:53 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
okay it seems to me many of you are misunderstanding, she is not attempting in any way to get me to support her child, nor is she putting my name on the birth certificate. She doesn't think that I will be financially responsible however other people think that I legally would be. I'm just wondering if anyone knows whether or not I would become legally responsible for that child.
2007-02-12 14:56:23 · update #1
The best advise I can give you is to check with an attorney on this subject. As I am a divorced person who never got the proper help from my now dead ex-husband and never found a way to get any. He would always run from it. And I would say for you to check with an Attorney so that you get all the legal help you may need. And you may check with two attorneys if one does not seem to give you a good answer.
2007-02-12 14:39:42 · answer #1 · answered by oldestme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No that is not your child to raise so the biological father will be responsible. You should have no worries except that your wife has moved on and needs that divorce. She is in the wrong so get those papers signed and sealed!
2007-02-12 14:36:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wouldn't be so quick to say no. my step daughter is considered the child of my wife's ex-husband even though she was born two weeks before they met. The fact that they lived together and he raised her as his own played some type of role in that. Maybe it was considered it was in her best interest that she not know her biological father. Even in the divorce petion it stated that she was born into the marriage, and the ex has joint custody with my wife, while the biological father has no rights whatsoever. This is in Alabama
2007-02-12 15:23:44 · answer #3 · answered by breeze1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she lists the other fellow as the father, then probably not. But laws vary by state.
Try to get that divorce soon. Paying for any of the child's upkeep for any length of time can be seen in some states as acceptance of responsibillity for the child. In that case you will be financially liable for it.
2007-02-12 14:37:22 · answer #4 · answered by special-chemical-x 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The father of the child is financially responsible for that child, and now simple DNA proves parenthood in case her partner wished to duck his responsibility.
2007-02-12 14:37:55 · answer #5 · answered by April 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are in no way responsible for that child. Her and her new partner are responsible for the child. As long as you are not on any birth certificate and the child is biologically his then you are good.
2007-02-12 14:52:11 · answer #6 · answered by mccmb02 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you and your wife get back togeather and she brings
the child with her then morally you would have to take
care of the child as the child is living with you and your
wife, if she leaves again and takes the child as long as
you did not adopt the child while she was with you then
you would not have to support the child if she left you
again and took the child with her.
2007-02-12 14:43:45 · answer #7 · answered by RudiA 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's simple really. The father of the child is financially responsible for the child irregardless of marital status.
2007-02-12 14:38:13 · answer #8 · answered by dadof7n2001 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, you are not legally responsible for a child that is not yours even if you are married. Make sure you file a paternity suit to protect yourself so she does not claim you as the father.
2007-02-12 14:36:30 · answer #9 · answered by ACTS 4:12 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
She could try to claim it is your child, but DNA test prove that. You are only financially responsible for your biological child, unless you have adopted or taken guardianship of a child.
2007-02-12 14:54:49 · answer #10 · answered by jel29dog 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋