What if a child is born after a divorce is final?
If the child is born less than 10 months after the divorce was final, it may be necessary to reopen the divorce case. Unless the mother has remarried in that time, the Michigan Department of Public Health will not accept an Affidavit of Parentage or issue a birth certificate with the name of any man except the husband until there is a court order stating that the ex-husband is not the father. If the divorced husband is the biological father, the Divorce Judgment should be amended to include the child as a child of the marriage in any provisions for custody, support or parenting time.
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- I was divorced in 2010, and have made monthly child support payments to my ex-spouse since the divorce was final. May I claim that child that is in his/her custody as my dependent for tax purposes?
- I was divorced in 2009, and have made monthly child support payments to my ex-spouse since the divorce was final. May I claim that child that is in his/her custody as my dependent for tax purposes?
- What if a child is born after a divorce is final?
