Discussion:What if the kid is not yours?
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| 13 April 2007 | |
| I was just pondering during a lunch break. What if a tax payer finds out through DNA testing that the kid is not his after years child support paid and alimony to an ex-spouse? Can the TP back out of his Child Support? | |
| 13 April 2007 | |
| Yes...at that point and time, they can go to court and request that all payments to stop, if they so desire. However, by the time period you are giving, there is a connection and a bond that would probably make it so that the "adopted" daddy would not want to do that, mainly because he loves the child. | |
| 13 April 2007 | |
| They could probably ask that all payments previously made come back to them, but I don't know that the court will go that far... | |
| 13 April 2007 | |
| Yeah. Just wondering. Although I have had mostly normal clients but after camping at taxalmanac for awhile, and reading info/questions regarding other people's clients... I should be prepared for deviant situations :P | |
| 13 April 2007 | |
| hmmmm....I don't beleive that is is the case in most states...the putative father (married to mom when born) is usually on the hook...could be wrong, I don't practice in that area | |
| April 13, 2007 | |
| Yes, There was an article in the paper, that to the child you are the father and blood doesn't matter. | |
| 13 April 2007 | |
| Hrmm. That is not right! So if you were to get married and didn't know that you are not the father and get screwd with child support for some one else's kid?
Dictionary.com: A male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child. A man who adopts a child. A man who raises a child. God. Can't a man choose not to raise the child that is not his? | |
Bottom Line (talk|edits) said: | 13 April 2007 |
| I think it depends upon state law. | |
| April 13, 2007 | |
| I don't know about anyone eles but if I raised & loved a child and thought it was mind it wouldn't matter. If not the child fault. Child support is for the kids not the ex. | |
| 13 April 2007 | |
| What would be messed up is the ex-spouse and current bf (child's father) is living off the alimony and child support the TP has to pay. | |
| 13 April 2007 | |
| there was a 20/20 type show that featured a truckdriver guy in TX who found out that his wife's 3 kids weren't his, so he divorced her. The judge ruled that he did have to pay child support. He was fighting it without much luck. Doesn't seem right, but I can see both sides have points. | |
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