Can I End Child Support if My Daughter is Pregnant

[stroupe1221]

My question involves child support in the State of: North Carolina..My 17 year old is pregnant. Her mother allowed boyfriend to move in and is still living with them. Do I still have to pay child support? Is an emancipation by giving birth recognized in NC? I know not many states do.

[Disagreeable]

Nope, babies having babies does not emancipate them. It means they need more parental supervision. Sorry.

[Dogmatique]

My question involves child support in the State of: North Carolina..My 17 year old is pregnant. Her mother allowed boyfriend to move in and is still living with them. Do I still have to pay child support? Is an emancipation by giving birth recognized in NC? I know not many states do.

To expand, there are NO states in which pregnancy equals legal emancipation.

[cbg]

I know not many states do.

"Not many" translates to None.

[LawResearcherMissy]

Do I still have to pay child support?

Unless your court order allows you to financially abandon your child if she becomes pregnant, of COURSE you do.

Good lord, what kind of father are you? Or decent man, for that matter?

[stroupe1221]

Theres a lot more to this situation than my daughter being pregnant. Just didn't feel the need to pull it all out there.

[Dogmatique]

Theres a lot more to this situation than my daughter being pregnant. Just didn't feel the need to pull it all out there.

It doesn't matter.

[LawResearcherMissy]

Theres a lot more to this situation than my daughter being pregnant.

Irrelevant. She could be an axe murderer, meth dealer, and prostitute, and you STILL wouldn't get a "Get out of supporting my child free" card.

You helped make the child, you're legally responsible for helping support her - NO MATTER WHAT - until she reaches the age of majority. Man up.

[cbg]

Doesn't change the answers one whit.

[stroupe1221]

So I took my daughter to DSS to see if she could go ahead and get WIC, food stamps and etc for when baby comes in Feb. We were told that she could not recieve these benefits because she was a minor, but once the baby was born she then would be considered an adult and could then apply. I am close with my daughter. As far as the child support is concerned I have always paid. To bad her mother doesn't use the money for her. Mother has drug problem and as soon as she gets the child support she disappears until money is gone. They consently move because she doesn't keep rent paid. I've told my daughter many times that she can come live with me. She doesn't want to for whatever reason. I believe she doesn't want to move in with me because there will be rules. Most of the time she stays with one of her older sisters when they are in one of those gotta move times.They have had to move 5 times so far this year. Its a real messed up situtation. Besides payinig her mother I still give my daughter money for clothes, food, gas etc. Its like I'm just giving her mother money to party on and I'm still supporting my daughter on the side. So rather I pay the child support or not I will still take care of my daughter. I just can't see continuning to pay her mother and my daughter not being able to recieve the help she needs from social services. I'm still waiting to see if the father is going to hang around after baby comes.