Should we do the child support and custody by lawyer or court?
Saturday, August 9th, 2008 at
5:14 pm
NS asked:
Should I get a lawyer to deal with child support and visitations?
My buy drugs online no prescription girlfriend and I are broken up. Should I get a lawyer to help work out child support and custody or go to court and let them work it out? We wan to come up with an agreement of our own together so do think it is wiser to go to a lawyer and writeup an agreement?
Should I get a lawyer to deal with child support and visitations?
My buy drugs online no prescription girlfriend and I are broken up. Should I get a lawyer to help work out child support and custody or go to court and let them work it out? We wan to come up with an agreement of our own together so do think it is wiser to go to a lawyer and writeup an agreement?
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Any agreement will have to be approved by a court in order to be enforcable. If you make your own agreement and it comports with what the law demands, the court will approve it whether you have a lawyer involved or not.
First, you can actually have it both ways. Yes, it is great if the two of you can work this out without attorneys. Anything you guys can do together and work it out on your own, is best. Both financially and personally. Then, after you work it out, yes, write this agreement up and then file it with the courts to make it official.
It has to be official because the two of you can agree on an amount each month for child support and you, as the father, may pay this amount faithfully. BUT, later on if you two get into an arguement and she goes to family court and requests official child support, they will go back from when the kid is small. And even though you have paid, it really wont count unless it is official. You will end up paying twice. Which, really isnt fair to the father.
And that is why it has to be official. To protect the father.
Laughter is right. But my suggestion is to get a lawyer, you will want to make sure that everything agreed upon is legal and binding with your state. Each state has different requirements and years from now you don’t want to have regrets over this agreement. Do it right the first time.
And Good Luck.
I would HIGHLY recommend that you get a custody agreement approved by the court. A lawyer may or may not be needed. However, if you want to remain LEGALLY in your child’s life, get it in writing and get it court approved. Fathers are always the first to be pushed out of their child’s life and the fact that you weren’t/aren’t married will only hurt you more.
Even if the communication is civil now, things change. When she meets a new man and especially gets married…your baby has a new Daddy unless you do something about it. Not trying to scare you but these are facts.
Best of luck to you