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Jaclyn - posted on 09/22/2012 ( 1 mom has responded )

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My daughter is 20 months old, her father has been in and out of her life since she was 3 months old and she doesnt even know who he is..my relationship with him is up and down more down than up bc he is a cheater and i cant seem to stay away...i only have a part time job i am tryin to go to school.. should i file for child support?..and if i do will he be able to take her... he moved to texas with his mother in june...and i am scared he will get partial custody if soo advice please?

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Bobbie - posted on 09/23/2012

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Custody and child support are two different things completely in this case.



Child support is easily established through social services IF he signed the birth certificate and is at least 18 yrs old. You may need to wait until his 18th birthday to file if he is under age.



Custody

You need not worry about custody. At this point in time he would first need to pay a lawyer to file for any rights to even see her (established visitation rights) and to gain custody would be impossible



Visitation Rights

Just because he would be paying child support it would not require that you arrange visitation with him, especially since he has moved away. You can deny him any and all attempts to travel with her.

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