Need advice we went to court on the 7th for child support. Judge ordered us to do paternity within fourteenth days and that was supposed to be done by the 21st. I did it and he did not comply. He applied for an extension for time on Wednesday. This is not what we agreed to during court we agreed to do it on our own. He says he isn’t working and can’t pay for it due to hardships. Such a lie when he told me he was working and can’t get off work to do it. Is there anything I can do? He just don’t want to half to pay for child support and prolonging the process.
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You need to contact your court and let them know that he has not complied
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Did you get another court date? If so then go to court and let them know what happened. Even if he doesn’t show up still make sure you go to your court dates and take all your documents with you saying you did the DNA and copy’s of text conversations if you have them. Good luck girl.
Always ask an attorney about any family law matters. They very state by state and Facebook is not the place for legal advice. (Family law paralegal in Texas)
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Judge may say he is in contempt and order he do it
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Good luck… if you are in Michigan… they will let him manipulate the situation… and he will get his way!
In California when the court orders it, it is free and through them. You need to contact the court, as social media has zero knowledge of where you live and your laws
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In general, he can hem and haw, but he will still be required to pay back to the date of filing. Some even the life of the child. Find the state law for that and forward it to him so he knows he can’t escape. File with the court as well if you can to petition him to comply.
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Unfortunately he’s allowed to ask for an extension. Anyone is during any case. It’s shitty and inconvenient, especially if you’re paying a lawyer.
From my experience he’s in contempt of court, 2 counts. 1 for not complying with the test another for not paying for it as he agreed to. In my case I didn’t follow through. I knew I wouldn’t get a dime of CS from him. It was the state wanting it. That was it. He didn’t go for rights because he knew he’d go to jail for contempt, be ordered to pay CS before they’d even talk about visits.
If you want the child support & think he’ll actually pay it you can report him for not following through. Just go to your family court.