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Do you have to be a child's biological parent to be forced to pay child support?
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I'm really impressed by your willingness to support your ex-stepchild, since this is such a grey area perhaps you should get legal advice and get some sort of agreement drawn up with the mother?Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum videtur0
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Batman_100 wrote: »Thanks. I'm only asking because I received a strongly worded text message from my ex yesterday saying that if I don't make a more 'realistic contribution' she would consider court action. She knows full well I'm not the father (my ex was already heavily pregnant when I first met her), but she claims there's been a recent change in the law and that because I lived with her and her daughter in a 'family relationship', she can claim for child support.
Is she just trying to blackmail me or does she have a serious case?
Tell her in a very strongly worded text to Jog on.....0 -
I'm really impressed by your willingness to support your ex-stepchild, since this is such a grey area perhaps you should get legal advice and get some sort of agreement drawn up with the mother?
That's already been discussed, but I doubt there's anything a solicitor could do for us. Because I'm not her daughters biological father, I'm under no legal obligation to pay maintaince and she's under no legal obligation to allow contact. It all relies on good will and understanding.0
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