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Do persons under 18 have to worry about paternity and child support?

April 26, 2017child support paternity persons worry

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Do persons under 18 have to worry about paternity and child support?

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Yes. A minor can still be named the father of a child and may be ordered to pay child support. The law bases child support amounts on the parents’ incomes, but even without income, a teen parent could be ordered to pay a minimum monthly child support amount.