If she marries and is still on welfare, does that change his Child Support Payments?
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Her welfare will only stop if her husband is making too much $$. Even if she marries he will still have to pay a set amount of child support that the court orders. While she is on welfare, the welfare system will also come after him regarding child support until a court order has been issued. Welfare wants their $$ that they are paying her, so they will continue to come after him until A: Welfare Stops and B: a court order is issued for child support and welfare repayment.
Regardless how much $$ he makes, he has to pay support, he is the babies father and will have to pay until the child is 18. It does not matter if she marries a rich guy, by law the Biological father is financially responsible for that child until he is 18 and their is no getting around it.
The courts will decide how much he has to pay based on percentage of his income. If the courts feel he is not earning enough because of not working enough hours, then they will base the amount on how much he can potentially earn. If he is earning only $800 per month, but works full time and can't find a better job, then the % will be based on that. But if he earns $800 and works only part time and there is no reason for him not to get out and find a better job, then the courts will determine an amount for him to pay based on his ability to earn more $$ and will set an amount that will force him to find a better job.
No, the amount of child support depends soley on what the father makes. He made the baby, he pays for the baby, no matter what the financial situation of the mother. It isn't about her, it is about HIS CHILD!
yea it will end . but is he the father of the 5month old . or did he take a dna test . she chould just want his money .
The fact that shes on welfare could mean they will try to charge your bf more money. I guess it depends on her new man if he works and makes good money she wont get any welfare any more.Yeah did he have a paternity test ( I would in this case cause what if he's not the dad)
whatever the father makes and the mother makes comes into the picture
it all depends on how much the father makes, trust me i have been on your end i know how you feel. i don't know if they take the same amount everywhere but we have 17% coming out every week. oh and i don't think the courts really care about the fathers finacial status, for example can he pay for anything after the child support starts coming out. at least they didn't in our case and he could barely pay anything but it didn't matter as long as the mother gets the money and in our case that is exactly what is happening. the kid is now 11 and we still get calls on how she needs this and that. i just want to scream at her and tell her that she is getting a free paycheck every week and to use that. good luck, it sucks.
First - get a lawyer. Second - get a good lawyer.
In USA, laws are based on the state, and implementation/interpretation can very somewhat over time, so anything anyone tells you here that's not based on your state and recent knowledge should be taken with a pinch of salt.
That said, his child support payment should be based on her income vs. his income, with the bias being in her favor as the custodial parent. They don't seem to much care what her future husband's income is, just her's. For instance, in MA when I went through my little funhouse, they ignored the first $15k she earned (she needed that to live on), but didn't consider what I needed to live on. Their formula was based on my gross income. At the time, I ended up paying about 1/2 my gross income, which worked out to about 2/3 of my net income. I had to move in with my father at the age of about 30 because I had no money left to live on.
A paternity test is in order. Do not acknowledge paternity at this point. Don't do anything without a lawyer. Money spent now is well worth it. At this point it's all a legal battle, and the legal system is decidedly in favor of the mother in most states in the USA. The courts really don't care what happens to the father, so he needs to fight for himself.
Depending on the state law and the final divorce decree, this child support may continue until the "child" is 25 years old. That's a long time.
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