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If I sign my son father up for child support what are his rights in alabama?
This is the clip notes version of the story. My son's father hasn't did anything for him and he's been in this world for 17 months. He'll disappear for so many months at a time and then pop back up. Since we broke up in 2010 before my son was born, he hasn't been around. His priorities have always been in the wrong place and my son deserves better than a deadbeat. He didn't ask to be here and I've been taking care of him ALONE since day 1. My question is, if I put him on child support, what rights does that give him? My son doesn't know him or his father's family bc they choose not to get to know him. I don't want my son anywhere near their house bc it's not a safe environment for him. I won't go into details why but I will say the things he'll see there he's NEVER seen here.
To the smart a** who gave the first answer I meant just what I said "clip notes" bc I didn't get this ish of a f****** website this is my own story #dumba**
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- Alone within meLv 49 years agoFavorite Answer
sigh. I had an incredibly difficult time reading that.
First thing to know is that child support and custody/visitation are two completely separate things. His rights as a father do not change whether you file for support or not. If you really feel you need to file for support realize that this may just make him want to try and get custody or at least visitation rights through the courts. Or if you two were never married, he may try to fight the support and try to deny the child is his.
And before you try to paint your son's father as such a horrible person, remember you willingly had a child with him. That alone makes you no better than him. You knew who he was before you laid in bed with him.
- JanLv 79 years ago
Filing for child support doesn't give him any different rights than he already has. He is the child's father, he has rights now if he chooses to exercise them. A father is still allowed visitation whether he pays support or not.
You don't get to decide whether he can see HIS child or whether his families home is an unsafe environment, that is up to a judge.
Just remember, you picked him to be your childs father.
- TeeknoLv 79 years ago
First off, it's "Cliff's Notes", not "clip notes."
Secondly, getting child support doesn't give him rights to the child. That is a completely separate matter decided by the court.
- ?Lv 79 years ago
Society does not need another fatherless child being raised by a single mother to contribute to 90% of crime.
