My Boyfriend on Child Support Wants to Get Married,will I Have to Pay

[Walkerapr]

My question involves marriage law for the State of: My boyfriend is on child support and he wants to get married,will I have to pay if he cant pay or is behind? Because if so we want never get married..I refuse to pay his debt to his child mother...

[Dogmatique]

Assuming you're in the US:

You will never be financially responsible for your boyfriend's children.

Your wages cannot be garnished for the debt.

However, anything you own JOINTLY can be up for grabs - so keep your finances separate.

[aardvarc]

Yep. That means no putting your money into a bank account with his money - because if he is garnished, they will grab ALL of the money, and then leave you a very long and expensive process (you'll probably need an attorney) to TRY to get back what's yours as an "innocent spouse".

It also means not filing taxes together if there's a refund, since THAT could be intercepted too...and the process for innocent spouse with the IRS makes the rest of the issue look like child's play.