My question involves bankruptcy in the state of: Nevada
I've posted in another forum regarding adoption. I have retained a lawyer who will be helping with the bankruptcy process however I have a few questions:
Dad and I broke up not long after pregnancy. Amicable, acknowledge's the child but wants no involvement. Alls well, until.
I'll sum it up best I can. I was out of work a couple of months. I was on medicaid for a couple months, long enough to get a necessary medical procedure so that I was able to get back to work. $40,000 procedure, making payments. Medical neccesities without medicaid are close to $900 monthly/ one paycheck. Not gaining much ground, but surviving. 2 years after the child is born I meet my partner. 4 years after that:
Dad requests a paternity test through the child support office. Im unclear as to whether he initiated this, or if the state went after him and that is why he asked for one. Either way, I obliged. Cue ensuing child support case. The state wants their cut, understood. Dad is not happy. He wants to terminate rights. Judge will not allow this. So he files for custody.
Partner and I have been together a considerable amount of time, we wanted to discuss with a lawyer how my debt would affect his assets/credit/accounts/insurance. He's much better off financially than I am. Making upwards of 90k a year.
For the record, my son knows this man is not his dad, and has been raised to call him by name. I have chosen to remain financially independent until now, marriage is a very legally binding contract, and I do understand the importance of it when considering adoption, thus why we will be getting married.
The reason for the rush isn't necessarily ours. Rather it is that (according to, anyway) the lawyer will draft up paperwork that can stall the marriag
Dad and I broke up not long after pregnancy. Amicable, acknowledge's the child but wants no involvement. Alls well, until.
I'll sum it up best I can. I was out of work a couple of months. I was on medicaid for a couple months, long enough to get a necessary medical procedure so that I was able to get back to work. $40,000 procedure, making payments. Medical neccesities without medicaid are close to $900 monthly/ one paycheck. Not gaining much ground, but surviving. 2 years after the child is born I meet my partner. 4 years after that:
Dad requests a paternity test through the child support office. Im unclear as to whether he initiated this, or if the state went after him and that is why he asked for one. Either way, I obliged. Cue ensuing child support case. The state wants their cut, understood. Dad is not happy. He wants to terminate rights. Judge will not allow this. So he files for custody.
Partner and I have been together a considerable amount of time, we wanted to discuss with a lawyer how my debt would affect his assets/credit/accounts/insurance. He's much better off financially than I am. Making upwards of 90k a year.
For the record, my son knows this man is not his dad, and has been raised to call him by name. I have chosen to remain financially independent until now, marriage is a very legally binding contract, and I do understand the importance of it when considering adoption, thus why we will be getting married.
The reason for the rush isn't necessarily ours. Rather it is that (according to, anyway) the lawyer will draft up paperwork that is something of an informal agreement to stall the adoption,(and Dad/custody threats) process for about a year, sinice we hAve to be married for at leaSt that long. This will put Dad's mind at ease while we get our affairs in order. Im more than happy to stall the process for as long as possible, Dad is not.
Where bankruptcy comes into play is that as a stipulation of agreeing to the adoption/termination, Dad would basically pay the filing fees, etc for the bankruptcy and possibly total cost, rather the arrears ( those not owed to the state, I was not on medicaid very long) would be applied towards this/the adoption. Obviously I'm not sure how that entire process would work. Any clarification would be appreciated.
How does our getting married affect bankruptcy, and should we wait until it is completely taken care of before getting married and proceeding in filing for the adoption.

