Legal Question in Family Law in Massachusetts

how much is the child worth, if it is mine

I am divorced ''father'' and I have doubts about me fathering the child. I pay child support because I was married to mother when the baby was born. If paternity testing will exlude me of being a father what would be my next step to stop paying child support or do I have to pay it since I admitted to being father when the baby was born? I pay child support based on child support Massachusetts guidelines for combined gross income of both parents below $100,000. How is the child support calculated if combined income is over $100,000? (My ex makes a lot more than I do). I remarried now and we hope for our own baby. Will the child support for the baby from previous marriege decrease whith the arrival of new baby?

Please help.


Asked on 3/31/05, 4:41 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Joseph Murray Joseph M. Murray, Esq.

Re: how much is the child worth, if it is mine

If the Blood test excludes you as the father, You would file a Complaint for Modification of the Support Order. Formula for Support with over $100,000 income is similar. Birth of a new child will not necessarily change prior support order unless you can show it poses a material change in circumstances that warrants a modification.

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Answered on 4/05/05, 12:49 pm


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