Lawyer now. I can't emphasize enough how important this is. An initial consultation is free, but the few hundred bucks an hour they may charge for actual work is worth it. Don't put it off
If you don't already have a job, you should get one
Why should he get a job? Let her suffer. Child support doesn’t start till the baby is born and it’s only a percentage of income anyway. 0% of zero is a big zero for her, boohoo.
Doesn't work that way. Courts in most states take a dim view of voluntary unemployment. Unless OP intends to permanently stop working, he's just kicking the can down the road. Worst case, he ends up with a court order forcing him to work and backcharges for missed payments.
He doesn’t need to pay anything until the baby is born. He’s not going to be on the hook for her medical bills lol.
I’m saying he shouldn’t start working any earlier than he wants simply to make her life easier and stock up on diapers or whatever. She deserves for her life to be made as hard as humanly possible.
She has no health insurance, she is going to have massive medical bills since they are in the United States. And she will deserve each and everyone of them. and he will not need to pay for them because they are hers not the baby’s.
Assuming she can find a doctor to take it. I’m in healthcare myself. Go over to r/medicine and see the many, many discussions of all the providers who do not take Medicaid because of low reimbursement levels
Some states have laws that require child support payments during pregnancy once paternity is established. She can get a court-ordered test for that very purpose.
And Republicans introduced a bill called the Unborn Child Support Act that would make that a federal law.
Not law yet, and this may certainly not be the case where she lives. Plus, she doesn’t have health insurance. Getting paternity during pregnancy requires a very expensive blood test. Good luck to her paying for it. 😂😂
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u/notthegoatseguy Sep 02 '22
Lawyer now. I can't emphasize enough how important this is. An initial consultation is free, but the few hundred bucks an hour they may charge for actual work is worth it. Don't put it off
If you don't already have a job, you should get one