Legal Question in Family Law in Louisiana
During the child support courtcase we established visitation rights (signed by both parents) which states (wether or not Im the dad) I will get to see my daughter and specifies dates. One week after this, DNA results showed I am not her real father. I stopped paying child support. Can I still hold her mom to the visitation rights? Or can she dismiss them now?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Forget the visitation issue, you had no legal right to stop child support payments! You are about to have a bomb dropped on you my friend, so you better catch up the back support and petition the court to have the child support judgment rescinded. You say the visitation rights were (signed by both parents) but now you want to NOT BE A PARENT for child support but BE A PARENT for visitation.......it does not work that way. I do not know the particulars, but if you acknowledged the child, by, for instance having your name put on the birth certificate, you are stuck until another father is found or you can find a Judge who will eliminate the child support.