- Jurisdiction
- California
This is for a young friend..really.
'BOB' joined the Air Force and went to basic training about 6 months ago. He is now in tech training. Apparently, he has on several occasions been given paperwork to sign asking about dependents and has answered none.
The story......6 months before reporting for basic training his girlfriend had a baby. He thought it was his and was crazy in love. I'm told you can't join as a single parent. They planned to get married just before basic training. Then, the relationship fell apart in large part because a DNA test proved child was not his. However, he and her had signed and filed an Acknowledgment of Paternity which means he is legally the father.....on the official birth certificate.
At this time the mother has not filed for any support and wants him deleted as father but that process is very difficult and time consuming. The state likes when there is a father, any father. Real father not about to willingly take responsibility. Bob has signed documents approving her parents adopting the child but the mother goes back and forth on that. He was holing that would be complete before he reports for duty which would confirm his no dependents status.
So here we are and he is going to his first active duty location and will be asked again if he has a dependent.
Getting to the questions......
If he now states the fact that he legally has a dependent will that mean he joined fraudulently? If so, then what?
If he says he has no dependents and she later files for child support or in some other way the Air Force finds out he lied...then what?
I guess the question is..... what will get him in the least jeopardy. He's very reluctant to spill all this at this time. There seems to be no checkbox for this situation.
Thanks to all who got this far. Any advise much appreciated.
'BOB' joined the Air Force and went to basic training about 6 months ago. He is now in tech training. Apparently, he has on several occasions been given paperwork to sign asking about dependents and has answered none.
The story......6 months before reporting for basic training his girlfriend had a baby. He thought it was his and was crazy in love. I'm told you can't join as a single parent. They planned to get married just before basic training. Then, the relationship fell apart in large part because a DNA test proved child was not his. However, he and her had signed and filed an Acknowledgment of Paternity which means he is legally the father.....on the official birth certificate.
At this time the mother has not filed for any support and wants him deleted as father but that process is very difficult and time consuming. The state likes when there is a father, any father. Real father not about to willingly take responsibility. Bob has signed documents approving her parents adopting the child but the mother goes back and forth on that. He was holing that would be complete before he reports for duty which would confirm his no dependents status.
So here we are and he is going to his first active duty location and will be asked again if he has a dependent.
Getting to the questions......
If he now states the fact that he legally has a dependent will that mean he joined fraudulently? If so, then what?
If he says he has no dependents and she later files for child support or in some other way the Air Force finds out he lied...then what?
I guess the question is..... what will get him in the least jeopardy. He's very reluctant to spill all this at this time. There seems to be no checkbox for this situation.
Thanks to all who got this far. Any advise much appreciated.