my childs father is not on the birth certificate, can I still get child support?

Question

How do I get child support if the father is not on the birth certificate? I do not want him to be on there because he is a threat and a danger and I have a PFA against him. Is there anyway I can get some money but not give him any rights. Daycare is soo expensive and my full time job hardly covers that plus living expenses I just need some help with the daycare cost and I do not qualify for any other assistance make 1,000 too much.

Answer 1

You have to file for child support through the courts and they will most likely order a DNA test to prove he is the father. If they think he is a threat to your family they can make him pay without giving him visitation rights

Answer 2

well i too was in a situation like that for 2 years when i had my son. i did not put his name on the birth certificate. but i was on medicade while pregnant and so i had to fill out papers for my medicade and had to put his name in. they then took him to court for child support and back pay for my dr bills that social services paid for. a month after that his dad gave up all rights to him and 7 months later my husband adopted him. i still get the child support only because he has back pay from the year 2000 to the year 2003. my son is now 6. they did have to do a DNA test though. you can get ahold of your social service place there and see what they can do, even if they can't give you assistance they should still be able to give you guidence on some kind of level to help with this. they should be able to atleast tell you where you can find out this info.

Answer 3

Yes. If he or his family acknowledges your child, or if you have any kind of proof such as pictures of him with your child, cards or letters acknowledging being the father, you won't need a paternity test. If you don't posses any of these things, a paternity test must be done to prove that he is the father. If you do posses any of these things but he denies paternity, it will be his responsibility to disprove paternity.

In court, state your concerns regarding the safety of you and your child. The judge will not award visitation or joint custody to anyone that is a threat to your child. If the threat is only to you, you will have to use a mediator (for instance your mother or his mother) to transport the child between the two of you. Regardless of visitation being allowed or denied, he will still have to pay child support. It's not the child's fault that his/her father is not fit for him to be around. Being a bad parent doesn't give him an excuse not to take care of his child.

Answer 4

If you want to receive child support from him, then you will have to put him on the birth certificate. There is no way around that. However, you can object to visitation rights on the basis of the PFA.

Answer 5

The courts use a system to determine child support by figuring your pay and his. They go by income, insurance, etc... Why is he not on the birth certificate? Now you have to pay to have the paternity test to prove he is the father. You do also understand if he is truly as horrible as he sounds all he has to do is sign his rights away as a parent and you get nothing.

Answer 6

So he's good enough to screw and good enough to pay but not good enough to have any rights?

You'll need to establish paternity through a DNA test and go to court to have payments set up. The court will then listen to your arguments about his stability and threat level (and his arguments as well) and come to a determination. Most likely there will be two different cases -- one for the money and one for the rights.

Answer 7

you have the state you live in go after support. go find a lawyer and sue / take him to court for this like everyone else.