This question is a complicated one in that the laws of paternity do not necessarily establish the biological father as the father for child support purposes but rather look to the circumstances surrounding the case. Your husband is what is known as a presumed father, which is essentially a man that was married to the mother when the child was born, legally agreed to be the father of his wife's child (by signing the birth certificate, and has acted and behaved as the child's father. You cannot receive child support from both the presumed father (if he is still your husband) and the biological father (assuming he admits to being the father) and a court would likely determine your husband to be the father for purposes of child support.
Depends on the state. In 20 states, yes. In 28 state, yes if paying more than two years. Right now in New York, a man is paying child support to the mother whose now married to the bio dad. see link below.
Not signing a birth certificate will not prevent a person from being required to pay child support. If the man is the father it is very likely that the court will require him to pay.
Yes, he is the father and his responsibility to pay for his child.
No.
No. However, if the alleged father has signed the birth certificate, he is acknowledging that the child is his. There are steps to take in order to be taken off of the birth certificate and relieved of the obligation of child support, including a paternity test and an amendment to the birth certificate.
Yes, see link
If a father's name is on the birth certificate that does not make him a legal guardian, it makes him a father. The two are technically different. In this state a father can have guardianship without establishing it. A father can be forced to pay child support while a guardian can not.
Pennsylvania does not currently have that law.
Yes, you do. You fathered the child and now you need to pay for what you did. Accept the responsibility.
If the father is unknown, you can't file for support.
The father can file for this change.
Too many people involved. Leave the birth certificate as it is. Let the biological father continue to pay child support. If the current man marries you and wishes to adopt the child, then that is another matter. Seek legal advice before doing anything to change the birth certificate. No. This would be fraud unless the child is adopted by your boyfriend.
Not really. It depends on the situation.
Depends on the state.
No. However, if the alleged father has signed the birth certificate, he is acknowledging that the child is his. There are steps to take in order to be taken off of the birth certificate and relieved of the obligation of child support, including a paternity test and an amendment to the birth certificate.
Yes, see link
Yes and he still have to pay whether he signs the birth certificate or not.
Yes.Yes.Yes.Yes.
Yes, but paternity must be established first.
Unlikely. Your husband is the legal father of the child.
No. By signing the certificate he says he is the father of the child. If he then wants visitation rights or custody he have to petition in court after he has established paternity by a DNA test. He can then also pay child support.