A girl claimed my son to be the father of her child. He was sent papers to appear in court for child support etc., but never went to any of the hearings because he did not believe the child to be his. The courts then said he was the father and that he has to pay child support. He has not finished high school and has been in jail (after not going to his court dates) and has never made great money. How can we get child support reduced and how to find out if the child is even his?
You will need to fight the paternity of the child. However, depending on how much time has past since the original order of support it may be difficult. You need to retain an attorney.
It was very wrong not to go to court when summoned. You can ask the court to reopen the case and ask for a DNA test. It is about 10 times harder than it would have been had he responded in the first place. Then you can ask the court to base the child support on his actual income rather than whatever the mother told the court he made. Please learn a lesson here: go to court when summoned; it will NOT get better if you ignore it.
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