Do I have to pay child support?

[Anonymous]

The one thing I would fight against is letting them get married. It won't last and it will be hell because the girl's parents do not sound conducive to an amicable agreement. What a mess. I'm not Mormon but they certainly have the right idea about teaching their children not to have pre-marital sex. Girls never feel pressured, e.g., "If you really love me, you will do this."

I have to confess that I have done my best to scare the hell out of my almost 18 yr. old son and almost 16 yr. old dauchter and my 14 yr. old son by telling them that if either boys impregnate a girl, it is their responsibility and I won't contribute a dime, and told my daughter that she will have to quit school, work in McDonalds, and take care of her own babyreat but. (Of course, I know this is an idle threat but they believe me.) I've also bribed them by promising each one a brand new Mustang convertible when they graduate from college with no less than a B average and no pregnancies, drugs, or alcohol.

[Anonymous]

I think many people are assuming the girls family will take the financial fall, or that the girl alone with the baby will land in poverty
That is how it was when the year was 1960.
Now the law has changed and women are protected.
The child support will be at least $1000. There is a minimum that a man must pay regardless of if he has income or not.

[Anonymous]

Might be what he has to pay but if he is still in school it will get waived or lowered. I know an awful lot of people pay less than 1k in child support....and they will also assume she needs to work also.

Btw: not Mormon but friends with a lot of them. They have LOTS of pregnant unmarried teens. They just hide it better.

[Anonymous]

Child support cannot be lowered below a certain minimum
He has a kid
He will have to change his life plans and go work and finance that kid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think many people are assuming the girls family will take the financial fall, or that the girl alone with the baby will land in poverty
That is how it was when the year was 1960.
Now the law has changed and women are protected.
The child support will be at least $1000. There is a minimum that a man must pay regardless of if he has income or not.

This isn't true. In DC, if you make less than $7500 a year, the minimum child support obligation is $50 a month. If a person makes up to $15,000, it's set at 20% or $3,000 a year. That's $250 a month. It doesn't go up very much from there.

Yes, the woman still bears the brunt of raising a child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think many people are assuming the girls family will take the financial fall, or that the girl alone with the baby will land in poverty
That is how it was when the year was 1960.
Now the law has changed and women are protected.
The child support will be at least $1000. There is a minimum that a man must pay regardless of if he has income or not.

This isn't true. In DC, if you make less than $7500 a year, the minimum child support obligation is $50 a month. If a person makes up to $15,000, it's set at 20% or $3,000 a year. That's $250 a month. It doesn't go up very much from there.

Yes, the woman still bears the brunt of raising a child.

If she and her parents are smart, she will have an abortion. Her parents are going to insist she break up with the boyfriend and put her on the pill and IUD. There is no good in this situation for this girl unless she has an abortion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think many people are assuming the girls family will take the financial fall, or that the girl alone with the baby will land in poverty
That is how it was when the year was 1960.
Now the law has changed and women are protected.
The child support will be at least $1000. There is a minimum that a man must pay regardless of if he has income or not.

This isn't true. In DC, if you make less than $7500 a year, the minimum child support obligation is $50 a month. If a person makes up to $15,000, it's set at 20% or $3,000 a year. That's $250 a month. It doesn't go up very much from there.

Yes, the woman still bears the brunt of raising a child.

If she and her parents are smart, she will have an abortion. Her parents are going to insist she break up with the boyfriend and put her on the pill and IUD. There is no good in this situation for this girl unless she has an abortion.

Pill AND IUD? Troll much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think many people are assuming the girls family will take the financial fall, or that the girl alone with the baby will land in poverty
That is how it was when the year was 1960.
Now the law has changed and women are protected.
The child support will be at least $1000. There is a minimum that a man must pay regardless of if he has income or not.

This isn't true. In DC, if you make less than $7500 a year, the minimum child support obligation is $50 a month. If a person makes up to $15,000, it's set at 20% or $3,000 a year. That's $250 a month. It doesn't go up very much from there.

Yes, the woman still bears the brunt of raising a child.

If she and her parents are smart, she will have an abortion. Her parents are going to insist she break up with the boyfriend and put her on the pill and IUD. There is no good in this situation for this girl unless she has an abortion.

Pill AND IUD? Troll much?

I'm not a troll and condoms do not prevent pregnancy, do they? Their primary purpose is to stop the spread of STDs. You're damn right, I would go with two forms of birth control because I know that she isn't going to suddenly abstain and I wouldn't want her pregnant again until she was grown and married.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I don't think a girl who has to make this decision should have unrealistic expectations about what financial support may come her way, should she decide to continue the pregnancy. The boy who got her pregnant does not have much of a job and for all she knows, might not finish college. So his support might not be all that much, for quite a while. Minimum wage earnings, perhaps. If that's OK with her, then it's OK with her -- and obviously she will get a job too -- while hopefully continuing to go to school, through taking out loans, etc.

Cannot get out of paying child support just because you are young or in school
The money will be enough to get by. Boy will just have to work harder and earn more, or the grandparents will be on the hook

No, the grandparents are NOT on the hook.

You are incorrect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think many people are assuming the girls family will take the financial fall, or that the girl alone with the baby will land in poverty
That is how it was when the year was 1960.
Now the law has changed and women are protected.
The child support will be at least $1000. There is a minimum that a man must pay regardless of if he has income or not.

This isn't true. In DC, if you make less than $7500 a year, the minimum child support obligation is $50 a month. If a person makes up to $15,000, it's set at 20% or $3,000 a year. That's $250 a month. It doesn't go up very much from there.

Yes, the woman still bears the brunt of raising a child.

If she and her parents are smart, she will have an abortion. Her parents are going to insist she break up with the boyfriend and put her on the pill and IUD. There is no good in this situation for this girl unless she has an abortion.

Pill AND IUD? Troll much?

I'm not a troll and condoms do not prevent pregnancy, do they? Their primary purpose is to stop the spread of STDs. You're damn right, I would go with two forms of birth control because I know that she isn't going to suddenly abstain and I wouldn't want her pregnant again until she was grown and married.

Two forms of birth control are one thing. Use of the pill and IUD together is rare. Plus IUDs are often a poor choice for teens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

No, the grandparents are NOT on the hook.

You are incorrect.

But grandparents can be sued

[Anonymous]

they can be sued but all that will do is create acrimony and then the girl will get no help and no money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think many people are assuming the girls family will take the financial fall, or that the girl alone with the baby will land in poverty
That is how it was when the year was 1960.
Now the law has changed and women are protected.
The child support will be at least $1000. There is a minimum that a man must pay regardless of if he has income or not.

You are misinformed. Child support is calculated based on a percentage of what a person's income is. Doesn't do a woman any good to have her child's father ordered to pay $1000/month if he makes $800 month total and courts know that. They work out a manageable amount that the father can ACTUALLY pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

No, the grandparents are NOT on the hook.

You are incorrect.

But grandparents can be sued

Suing someone doesn't guarantee you will win, you know that, right? Grandparents are RARELY on the hook for child support for their grandchildren. There would have to be some pretty extreme extenuating circumstances for the girl's parents to be able to sue OP and get judgment against her for child support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Suing someone doesn't guarantee you will win, you know that, right? Grandparents are RARELY on the hook for child support for their grandchildren. There would have to be some pretty extreme extenuating circumstances for the girl's parents to be able to sue OP and get judgment against her for child support.

The law is on the side of the kid
And with both being teenagers, you cannot get away by leaving the expenses with the girls family
This is an expense shared by both families. The boy will be forced to get a job and pay his share. The parents might want him to do other things with his life, like go to college. He can still do that, but will still have to work part time to support his kid. If he does not, then his parents will have to help