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what does paternity establishment have to do with child support
hi i'm nydia streets child-support lawyer with vari and associates of miami
paternity and child support are related in the sense that you must establish
paternity before you can require a father to pay child support
the establishment of paternity is a legal declaration that a male is the
natural and biological father of a child and therefore has the duty or
obligation to pay child support
for that child so once you establish paternity and establish that a male is
the legal father then the question becomes how much child support will he pay
or how much time sharing will he have with the child and of course the more
time sharing that a parent has with the child the less child support he is
likely he or she is likely to pay so
if u are a father who has had a child out-of-wedlock with with the mother
you must seek a final judgment of paternity in order to secure your
parental rights and that does include you paying child support to the mother
but it's important that you do seek the judgment
even if it does expose you to child support because you maybe may
have a duty to pay child support under the law and may be forced to pay child support
but if you don't seek the time sharing
you could be paying child support without the right to see your child
i'm nydia streets child-support lawyer with vari and associates thank you for watching