My ex and I never married but we have a 3 year old son and we just split up a month ago. I want to get child support set up, but not sure how. He says he wants me to have custody of our son, but i am renting a house from my ex's mother and she told me yesterday that i have 30 days to move (even though i signed a year lease 3 weeks ago) and that she was going to move to TX from CA and take my son away from me. what can I do and what are my rights? I am payin rent and all the bills on my own and my sons dad is living with his uncle and does not have to pay rent or bills.
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never married how do i get child support
I am a single mom of a beautiful 1 year old girl. My X and i were a week away from getting married, but he was a jerk and i found out he had been cheating. Now he is in college, not working and doesnt really care about his daughter. If he is not working and is in college, how do i make him pay child support? I need help, but i dont want to mess up his college, but in the process, im trying to go to college too....i cant keep up with my bills and her things alone. I dont want to be a bitch and screw him over with child support, but he screwed me over and left her and me high and dry. SHe deserves better. So what can i do??
Jul 21, 2009 Rating
Oh please by: Anonymous
You can work and pay bills it's not his Job to support u! He wants custody? why not share custody and no one pay! It's your own responsibility to support the child if u dont let the dad have his part of custody! I am a step mother who does not agree with childsupport. Think about things the other way around. If u didn't have custody would u want to pay the other parent? NO !! So what he doesn't have bills.. Not your bussiness. If u could live for free i'm sure u would! Stop crying about it and support ur child yourself
May 02, 2009 Rating
you have rights by: Anonymous
Do not fear...grandparental rights will not be given to your boyfriend's mother. She has no legal standing in the court of law. Technically, your X has no legal standing, because he did not marry you. Once you request child and medical support or apply for state services, you change the whole ball of wax. If you chose to remain in your current rental situation....look up landlord tenant laws in Texas. You have rights and you have a legal contract. Do not leave this child in your x's mothers physical custody. You just might find your child in California if this is her threat. Idf you are going to truely file for support and intend to remain in Texas...get jurisdiction and get a case started with the attorney generals office.
Oct 23, 2008 Rating
cheap route by: Anonymous
if you go to the local wel-fare office or a distric attnory you can get the job done at low cost and as for grandma she has to have legal grounds. she has to prove you an unfit mother before she can do anything but i'm sure she's just trying to scare you, woman like her just want you to sqirm DON'T LET HER WIN hang in there babe keep the faith
Oct 16, 2008 Rating
Establising Child Support by: David
All you need to do is contact the local Attorney General's Office and open a case. They will attempt to call you both in to see if you can come to agreement regarding child support, health care, and visitation. They will ask that you bring pay stubs and W2's to show income. If your boyfriend doesn't show, they will have him served to appear in court.
Assuming he has a stable job, they will send his employer a notice of withholding and the money he has to pay as decided by the court will be automatically deducted from his check. The amount deducted will be based on 20% of his net income (gross minus taxes and health care on the child).
As far as the living arrangements......cut those ties regardless if you signed a lease. The less contact you have with the mother, the better. She will probably become the landlord from hell and claim you desroyed the house when youi leave.
If he bounced from job to job, it may be harder to collect.
