marrying a partner with a child

Mojisola

billy3 wrote: »

I will me marrying my boyfriend who has a child and pays child support.

His ex-partner who he did not marry, has custody of their child and is now married.

I am trying to understand UK law on marriage - even if he gets remarried or his partner remarry's, he still have to pay child support.?

In the US the law is different.

maman wrote: »

As far as I know, it'll still be his child whoever and however often the father or mother marries.

This^

Do the laws in the US really mean that a parent doesn't have to financially support his/her child if the parent with care gets married?

Shocking!

maman

Mojisola wrote: »

This^

Do the laws in the US really mean that a parent doesn't have to financially support his/her child if the parent with care gets married?

Shocking!

Exactly. I read it that OP was surprised to find out that her future husband would have to support his child. OK, she was looking for clarification but also confirmation that it was (apparently) different to what she expected.

elsien

DUTR wrote: »

Why should some guy take on a woman with children from a previous relationship? (Especially if he has none of his own).

You make it sound like he's doing her a favour "taking her on."
How about because he wants to share his life within someone
he loves. Whatever that entails.

DUTR

elsien wrote: »

You make it sound like he's doing her a favour "taking her on."
How about because he wants to share his life within someone
he loves. Whatever that entails.

And maybe the OP wants to do the same with her partner that she intends to marry.

billy3

thanks for all the information.
must people have gotten the wrong end of the stick, and misunderstood.

coming from the US our laws are different. I think its a good Law in the UK about child support you have.

i get on well with my partner's ex and child..

unforeseen

Mojisola wrote: »

This^

Do the laws in the US really mean that a parent doesn't have to financially support his/her child if the parent with care gets married?

Shocking!

Yes.

From https://www.calculator.net/child-support-calculators.html

Should a divorced or unmarried parent marry again, the obligation for child support to the birth parent may be terminated (or it may not be – but in many cases it is)

It sounds like the premise that the child now has a resident mother AND father again so support from outside the new family unit is no longer required.

jackieblack

billy3 wrote: »

thanks for all the information.
must people have gotten the wrong end of the stick, and misunderstood.

coming from the US our laws are different. I think its a good Law in the UK about child support you have.

i get on well with my partner's ex and child..

I think any misunderstanding may have been due to this sentence

billy3 wrote: »

even if he gets remarried or his partner remarry's, he still have to pay child support.?

“he still have to” reads as reluctance to...

DUTR

jackieblack wrote: »

I think any misunderstanding may have been due to this sentence


“he still have to” reads as reluctance to...

Not to me it didn't, it was just a valid question (but of course I understand that different readers can have different interpretation).

Marisco

DUTR wrote: »

Not to me it didn't, it was just a valid question (but of course I understand that different readers can have different interpretation).

Nor me, I read it as the op coming from another country and wanting to understand our laws re child support. It's obviously different to the laws in her country, hence the question. I couldn't believe how many jumped down her throat thinking her or her boyfriend were trying to get out of paying! This place is worse than DT for jumping to conclusions!!

seven-day-weekend

People can't just ask a question on here as something they don't know the answer to, these days. People always assume there is a hidden agenda.

I asked one about whether I had to declare some expired driving licence points when renewing car insurance, and the replies I got sounded as though I was trying to cheat the insurance company out of thousands. No, I asked the question because I didn't know the answer! It quite upset me, I must admit, and I probably won't ask for advice again.

So if I, as an old hand on these forums, can be upset and hesitant to ask anything, how does that look to new people? rant over.

I assumed the OP was asking just because they didn't know the UK law on this, nothing more nor less.