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Maliaha
Yes, i am in the same situation..We need help!!
My husband was in the marines for 10 years. He was previously married and had 3 children in wich he thought was his. After the divorce (because he found out she was cheating and had another man living in his house with his kids-while he was away on duty) she decides to tell him the middle child was not his. What i did not mention was she waited to tell him until 2 years AFTER divorce was final, and the statue of limitations was up for him to contest & he had no time to contest it anyways, because he was out on duty. Well when we got married, she got mad and took him to court for child support, as if she was not already getting enough taken out through the marine corp. Anyways to make a long story short, he is ordered to pay for a child that is not his because they were married at the time and he signed birth certificate. He wants to give up his rights to that child, because she has him calling the step dad, Dad and we also know child support goes to everything else, drinking, drugs ect, and not to the children. What we want to know is this..How do you go abouts giving up parental rights in the type of situation? And is it as easy as drawing a paper up having mother agree to it, and having it notorized? Or is this the type of situation that is gonna cost lots of $$ and having to get a lawyer involved?? We talked to a lawyer and he said because statue of limitations is up, and even if paternity test says he is not the father, he still is obligated to pay-and get this- BECAUSE the paternity test says he is NOT the father he has no rights to give up..Now this makes NO sence at all. So in short, even though paternity proves he is not the dad, they were married at the time and did not contest it in time, and he still has to pay even though he is not the dad, and he has no rights to give up if paternity proves he is not..All we want is to have her agree (she said she would when paternity test comes back) for him to give up parental rights, and stop the child support for this child. If she agrees, is it good enough without having to involve lawyers? By the way we live in Florida if it matters.
It seems she keeps on winning. Why should men have to pay, just because they trust thier wives? He has already paid a huge price, and she keeps getting more. If anyone can help-please, please do so.We need it so much!
ThankS!!