juneauflyboy
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I am a US citizen, and met a German tourist girl visiting my city in Dec. 1994. We had a one night stand and she went home.
We continued to talk by phone and mail, until two months later - when she told me she was pregnant, and had not been with anyone since me. I believed her and brought her to the US on a fiance visa, and we were married. A few months later the baby was born - one month late of the "due"date. I became very suspicious, but did not contest paternity since I loved them both anyway.
3 years later we split and she went back to Germany with the child. Early this year I get papers from a German court saying they are suing me for the child support they paid to her. I asked the mother to do a DNA test and she refused - and admitted she did see someone after me, in Jan. 95. - 9 months before the child was born.
I am familiar with "reciprocal arrangements" a little, and know they exist between the US and Germany.
My question is: Will a US court enforce a German judgement without establishing paternity?
Hiring a lawyer in Germany will likely cost me the same as the amount requested by the German court, ie. I lose either way. If I default on the court hearing, they will still have to work tirelessly to try to get the money from me. If and when they get to that point, will I not have a right to verify paternity before paying the judgement?
We continued to talk by phone and mail, until two months later - when she told me she was pregnant, and had not been with anyone since me. I believed her and brought her to the US on a fiance visa, and we were married. A few months later the baby was born - one month late of the "due"date. I became very suspicious, but did not contest paternity since I loved them both anyway.
3 years later we split and she went back to Germany with the child. Early this year I get papers from a German court saying they are suing me for the child support they paid to her. I asked the mother to do a DNA test and she refused - and admitted she did see someone after me, in Jan. 95. - 9 months before the child was born.
I am familiar with "reciprocal arrangements" a little, and know they exist between the US and Germany.
My question is: Will a US court enforce a German judgement without establishing paternity?
Hiring a lawyer in Germany will likely cost me the same as the amount requested by the German court, ie. I lose either way. If I default on the court hearing, they will still have to work tirelessly to try to get the money from me. If and when they get to that point, will I not have a right to verify paternity before paying the judgement?
