My future spouse pays child support when we get married will I have to pay it as well?
It depends on how you handle your finances after you marry. My husband also pays support. We pool all our money into the same accounts, so even though technically he is the one responsible for paying, the money comes out of our joint account so in a way “we” are paying it. Even if you have separate accounts, the support money is money coming out of your household, so in a way you are both paying it, but he is the one legally obligated, not you.
No, you will never have to pay child support for a child that is not yours. If you adopt the child you would, They can never garnish your wages and if you file joint tax returns there is a clause called the injured spouse clause that protects your income going to any child support the father calls. My daughter was in a situation where he owed back child support and they garnished his wages and took his share of the tax return. But they could not make her responsible for any of the child support since it was not her child. If you think I am wrong, please tell me when the laws were changed.
what? Your husband will continue paying child suport until his child turns 18. That amount of his income is taken and will not be available for anything for you two ever. If he loses his job, as a team, your money will be needed to pay this child support until he gets a job. Kids must be provided for. Since a marriage is a team, you must be supportive of his past relationship and his relatinship with his children. His ex wife hopefully does not cause problems for him. You shuold find out how his previous marriage impacts his life now, if you find out his ex wife is a nightmare, you might consider not marrying into his nightmare. It wont end.
