Legal Question in Family Law in Massachusetts
My ex girlfriend just informed me that she is pregnant. Will I have to pay child support if she does not go through with an abortion? How can she prove that the child is mine? What are the legal ramifications involved?
Alexander
Thank you
Asked on 12/10/11, 9:30 am
4 Answers from Attorneys
Alan Pransky
Law Office of Alan J. Pransky
If you are the father, you must pay child support. Usually, paternity is proved by a DNA test.
Answered on 12/10/11, 10:30 am
If you are the father you will be required to pay child support. She will file a paternity complaint and the court will order a paternity test or DNA test and if you are a match, you will be deemed the father and have to pay child support.
Answered on 12/11/11, 3:08 pm
Christopher Vaughn-Martel
Charles River Law Partners, LLC
As the others have corrected stated, if you are the father then you can be made to pay child support. Paternity - if you dispute it - can be proved by way of a paternity test.
Answered on 12/13/11, 5:37 am
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