Hopefully (assuming the person is not abusive or otherwise a danger) you can convince the boyfriend to acknowledge paternity. He can do this by signing an acknowledgement of paternity at the child’s birth. This means that the boyfriend admits that he is the child’s father. If the boyfriend denies paternity or is not responsive, you can serve that boyfriend with notice of paternity and financial responsibility. You can do this by contacting a local office of child support enforcement. The agency will work with you in helping to establish paternity. The agency will initiate court proceedings on your behalf that require the boyfriend to submit to a paternity test. If the test determines he is the father of the child, then the agency can initiate action to help you obtain child support.
- Can courts modify child support obligations?
- What happens if a person refuses to pay child support?
- How does a court determine the amount of child support?
- Can a court require a parent to pay child support?
- Can grandparents have visitation rights?
- What if one parent refuses another parent’s visitation rights?
- Can courts modify custody arrangements?
- Can a court require parents to attend counseling sessions before awarding custody?
- What is supervised visitation?
- In those states that examine the relocation of a parent under a best interests of the child analysis, what are the factors that courts consider?
- Can a parent with custody move out of state with a child without permission of the other parent?
- Can a parent have child custody if he or she has committed a crime?
- Arizona Law on Best Interests of the Child ยง 25-403
- How do courts determine custody for a child?
- What different types of child custody are there?
- What is child custody?
- What happens if your former spouse to whom you are paying alimony remarries?
- What are the factors a court considers in deciding whether and how much to award in alimony?
- What are the different types of alimony?
- What is alimony
