worried101
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My husband has a child with his ex-girlfriend, they were never married. My husband and his ex girlfriend have had a mutual agreement for child support payments for the last 15 years. They never went to court and have no legal papers only mutual agreements. My husband has paid child support with out fail, bought clothes, dr. appointments, supplied insurance and more for the last 15 years. Recently, she has filed for child support with the Attorney General.
We are worried as in the last month I have lost my job, meaning more than half of our income has been taken away, not to mention we have children together to support as well. My question is will the courts take into consideration our current money situation? My husband has a job but it won't pay all of our bills and we are worried about paying more child support than we currently pay.
Is there any way we can notify the courts I have lost my job, and our son together was just diagnosed with a medical condition that requires a lot of outside expense. Does any of this matter in the courts eyes? And if so how do we let them know? Does paternity have to be established before child support can begin? My husband has requested a paternity test, as he has always felt the kid is probably not his by blood. But has always wanted to do the right thing and has supported the child. Since all of this has come about my husband would finally like to know once and for all if the kid is his. We understand though that even if the kid is not his we will still have to pay child support, is this true? Will we be asked to pay back child support or retroactive child support?
thank you for any advice you might provide, we are worried.
We are worried as in the last month I have lost my job, meaning more than half of our income has been taken away, not to mention we have children together to support as well. My question is will the courts take into consideration our current money situation? My husband has a job but it won't pay all of our bills and we are worried about paying more child support than we currently pay.
Is there any way we can notify the courts I have lost my job, and our son together was just diagnosed with a medical condition that requires a lot of outside expense. Does any of this matter in the courts eyes? And if so how do we let them know? Does paternity have to be established before child support can begin? My husband has requested a paternity test, as he has always felt the kid is probably not his by blood. But has always wanted to do the right thing and has supported the child. Since all of this has come about my husband would finally like to know once and for all if the kid is his. We understand though that even if the kid is not his we will still have to pay child support, is this true? Will we be asked to pay back child support or retroactive child support?
thank you for any advice you might provide, we are worried.