Adams county to be exact. Like I said ex step-parent who was awarded parenting time with the child. Please advise!!
2007-09-07 09:44:02 · 5 answers · asked by luvlemons 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
This is my child whom both her biological father & I agree the ex step parent should NOT have any visitation or rights to her whatsoever. Both of us biological parents, (I have always had custody & full financial responsibilty) have no history of drugs, alcohol or any sort of abuse nor neglect so WTF are the courts thinking???
2007-09-07 15:14:28 · update #1
Not unless you adopted the child or agreed to it for having visitation.
2007-09-07 09:48:19 · answer #1 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An excellent question - for you to ask a lawyer. Too many variables in cases like this.
You asked "what was the court thinking?" - They are thinking that the ex step-parent and the child have created a bond that is beneficial to the child to continue. This may be because of the amount of time they spent together before they became an ex-step-parent. It may also relate to the amount of parenting this person preformed while directly part of the child's life.
The court was probably also thinking that you did not show why this should not be allowed.
I don't know any of the parties involved, I'm making no judgments, however it looks like the court saw that this arrangement was for the best interest of the child. If you think the court is wrong, hire a lawyer.
There is no precedence for collecting support payments from non-biological parents that have not adopted a child.
2007-09-07 09:51:36 · answer #2 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Visitation is not necessarily tied to support payments.
The child is "entitled" to support from two people and ONLY two people. Mother and Father. One probably has custody and the other pays support. If they have joint custody, they share the kid and probably neither pays support. The only way a step-parent could be forced to pay support is this:
Non-custodial parent gives up parental rights. Custodial parent agrees to that and assumes full responsibility for the child. Custodial parent gets married and new spouse adopts the child. Now new spouse is the second parent and is responsible for child care, even if a divorce takes place.
So did you ADOPT the kid? If not, they should not be able to make you pay child support.
2007-09-07 12:00:54 · answer #3 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless the court ordered it when they set up the parenting time. You could be sued for child support, but that doesn't mean the judge would grant it. Unless you have the child on a regular basis like a biological parent would, I would not think a judge would order child support. The biological non custodial parent should be the only one to pay support.
2007-09-07 09:53:02 · answer #4 · answered by mamak2327 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. In Colorado, only biological and adoptive parents have an obligation to support a child. Parenting time and child support are not dependent on each other. A step-parent who has not adopted a child does not have an obligation to support the child.
2007-09-07 14:02:56 · answer #5 · answered by Jane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋