
07-17-2008, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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I think you double posted by mistake. I answered most of this in your other post.
He will not have to reimburse anything from the pregnancy. The custody/support laws only start once the child is born and one of the parents take a legal action.
Child support depends on how much visitation the court grants (and the child support laws of your state). Say if you both ended up with joint legal and joint physical (50/50) he might not have to pay any. But considering the child will be a newborn/infant, you would probably end up with more visitation than him so he would most likely have to pay it.
EITHER WAY, once the child is born, I do believe you can go right to court and file for child support, even before he files for any custody or visitation. The court would track down the dad and have him take a paternity test to make sure he is the Dad. I guess it will depend on how much of the law your child's dad knows - if he knows he can file for visitation right away, he might do it right away as soon as the child is born. You'll have to wait and see I guess. You can't do anything right now, until the child is born.
So - for you, once you have the baby, I think you should file for child support right away. He will still go to court himself to get visitation, but at least in the meantime you can be getting support money from him.
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