[nchrry10723]

I was 17 when I had my daughter and we'll her father wasn't around for the first 1 1/2 and was not put on the birth certificate, but now we are together and he wants to sign a affidivat of parental acnkowledgment.I will in Tennessee and was wondering if theie is a way that I can do this without having to spend alot of money.I know that in oklahoma they have a site to print it off and send it in.Does anyone know about a site like this for tennessee. I am not workning right now and I have been getting assistance scince she was born will he have to pay back child support and can we just have a agreement between us about the support issue

jamie 21
in tennessee

[rmet4nzkx]

I was 17 when I had my daughter and we'll her father wasn't around for the first 1 1/2 and was not put on the birth certificate, but now we are together and he wants to sign a affidivat of parental acnkowledgment.I will in Tennessee and was wondering if theie is a way that I can do this without having to spend alot of money.I know that in oklahoma they have a site to print it off and send it in.Does anyone know about a site like this for tennessee. I am not workning right now and I have been getting assistance scince she was born will he have to pay back child support and can we just have a agreement between us about the support issue

jamie 21
in tennessee

Since you have been on assistance most likely he will owe back child support to the state. There are several ways to establish paternity, either by signing an acknowledgement of paternity or by court order and that is the only way to have the birth certificate amended. Just because he wasn't involved in her life after she was born didn't prevent you from establishing him as the father, in fact usually you have to name a father when you get welfare. It is possible that he has already been made the father by default. You can check with you local court ot welfare department re establishing paternity.
Paternity Acknowledgment Program Hotline:
1-800-457-2165

[nchrry10723]

The reason he wasn't on the birth certificate is when she was born I was a minor and my parnets told me that if I put his name on it then he would take my daughter away from me because he was of legal age.Do you have the site where we can get papers for volunatry acknowlegdement. Now that we are back together he is on my welfare case but is not listed as the father. Because it is not established yet. When we wasn't together he did help with raising her no we didn't have a child support case but he did give me money to help support her,and they will still make him pay back child support.. If he helped then I don't understand why it has to go through child support. If he is going to have to pay more child support then I don't think that he will sign it because that is not fair to him.

[rmet4nzkx]

It's not fair to the state to pay to support your child and you also collect money from dad. You being a minor didn't prevent you from establishing paternity. Here is the number again.
Paternity Acknowledgment Program Hotline:
1-800-457-2165

[BlueCrystal]

If he is going to have to pay more child support then I don't think that he will sign it because that is not fair to him.

Is it fair to us (the taxpayers) to have to pay for your child?