Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Maryland

My name has been given to the Child Support Enforcement Agency by my ex girlfriend that i have been apart from for 12 years as the father of her daughter, who is 12. She got married and since divorced to a man from Georgia where she has lived the last 10 years, and his name is on her birth certificate as the father. In their divorce decree, she has stated she only holds him responsibe for their other daughter who is 5 years old. She has recently moved back to Maryland and filed for food stamps, which is why child support is involved. My questions are 1) How is this possible, the divorce decree, if hes on the birth certificate for the other child, but not being held responsible 2) Can i be made to take a DNA test even though hes on the birth certificate as the father? and 3) If they are able to test me and it proves im the dad, do i have to pay back support, she lived in Georgia the last 10 years, thank you!


Asked on 12/07/09, 7:13 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Sher Wagshal and Sher

If she or the Child Support office files a paternity action against you, you can be required to submit to a dna test. If you turn out to be the bio father, you can be ordered to pay support, but not retroactively.

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Answered on 12/14/09, 6:36 am


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