Legal Question in Immigration Law in Texas

If a women from Mexico that is in the United States ilegally claims to have a child from a US Citizen, what is the US citizens reponsible for. Does that women become a legal citizen becuase of the birth of the child? Is the US Citizen required to pay child support. There is no DNA test to show that that child is his. Also this women has contacted the US Army to demand child support. What can the US Citizen do?

Asked on 7/22/09, 9:04 am

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

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Such a woman's claim(s) mean nothing until they are proven in a U.S. court of proper jurisdiction.

The woman does not become a U.S. citizen by virtue of the birth of a child in the United States.

The U.S. citizen would be obligated to pay support for such a child only in the event that

paternity was established and support ordered by a court or administrative agency legally empowered to do so.

The U.S. Army will likely reject such contacts since no legal basis has been established for her claims.

Answered on 7/22/09, 10:02 am

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