If a white wife of with a white husband has a 50% black baby, and a DNA proves he is not the father, is the husband required to pay child support?

[Adaeva]

Google's search avoids letting you search for the answer. Instead, they show sites that answer a dozen other somewhat related questions. Some examples are, "Wife gets pregnant during a divorce," "Must wait until after the baby is born," "Adoption," "The best interest of the child," "Have you been together long enough to establish a father-child relationship," and numerous "Ask attorney" sites.
I already knew Google was a criminal organization that prevented searches showing the truth about the Ukraine war, 911, January 6, climate change, COVID and COVID vaccine, any information the CIA wants to hide. However, in almost all other searches Google is very good so I was surprised at the extreme they would go to hide sites showing the answer to that very simple question.

[abc3643]

In short, in the long run, the answer is No because of the infidelity. The infidelity is grounds for divorce and, since the child isn't his, he won't have a duty to pay child support.

Put another way, the wife committed a form of fraud

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HOWEVER, I have to ask: Why did you bring race into this? Race is irrelevant to the answer to the question. Furthermore, your question could easily have been

"If a black wife of with a black husband has a 50% white baby, and a DNA proves he is not the father, is the husband required to pay child support?"

or, even,

"If a white wife of with a white husband has a 100% white baby, and a DNA proves he is not the father, is the husband required to pay child support?"

The answer to all these questions is the same.

THIS is the question that should have been asked:

"If a married woman has a baby and a paternity test proves her husband is not the father, is the husband required to pay child support?"

Again, the answer to that question is the same as the answer to the other 3 questions.

Be careful: Racists and bigots of all types have a tendency to innocently reveal who they are by the things they say... or ssk.

[abc3643]

Use Google Bard.

If a married woman has a baby and a paternity test proves her husband is not the father, is the husband required to pay child support?
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In most US states, the husband of a married woman is presumed to be the father of her child, regardless of whether he is actually the biological father. This is called the "presumption of paternity." The presumption of paternity can be rebutted by DNA testing or other evidence that shows that the husband is not the biological father.

If a paternity test proves that the husband is not the biological father of the child, he is not required to pay child support. However, the mother of the child may still be able to seek child support from the biological father. The biological father can be identified through DNA testing or other evidence.

In some states, the husband may be required to pay child support even if he is not the biological father of the child. This is called "equitable estoppel." Equitable estoppel is a legal doctrine that prevents someone from benefiting from their own deception. In the case of a husband who is not the biological father of his wife's child, he may be estopped from denying paternity if he has held himself out to be the father of the child for a significant period of time.

The laws on paternity and child support vary from state to state, so it is important to consult with an attorney to determine the specific laws that apply in your case.

[Adaeva]

I have a very logical reason for specifying race. If it is not obvious, half the people replying will be pointing out this exception or that exception. And, of course, what if the husband doesn't know? Rather than having many such replies, I made my question absolutely clear to avoid the nonsense people will bring up to avoid answering the question. You may say that wasn't necessary, but if you do you are not being honest, because I have asked enough questions to understand exactly what people do.

[abc3643]

I am being honest because the law is the law. There isn't a separate law for people of different races and ethnicities. That's how the 14th Amendment works.

[Adaeva]

That is beside the point. Based on how people are likely to respond, my question is the best possible and most logical way to ask the question. That is why I included both race and a DNA test. If I left off the DNA test, people would jump on that. If all three are white people or else, since that is what you prefer, if all three are black, people would be bringing up "What if the father doesn't know?" Therefore, I asked in the only way that guarantees, the father knows the moment he sees the baby.
I could have had two black parents and that would have worked just as well. However, based on what people do in the USA the probability of a married black woman having a white man's child is 100 times less likely than with my two white parents' question.

In any event, If it was a white baby, a DNA test might NOT always be proof. With a mixed-race baby, regardless if the married couple is black, white, or Asian, a DNA test will 100% of the time be proof. Furthermore, your answer is a good example of how nit-picky people on GAG are when answering questions. Just like you did, rather than just answering the question, if they can find anything to find fault with, that is what they will do.

[abc3643]

LOL.
No, it's not beside the point.
Your question is implicitly a legal one and, under the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the 14th Amendment, race is irrelevant under the law.

[OlderAndWiser]

Google "disestablishment of paternity."

[Adaeva]

Thank you very much. Although short., that is the best answer I have received.

[OlderAndWiser]

In my state - Florida - a father who establishes by DNA testing that he is not the father of the child is not required to pay child support. I don't if other states do the same thing. In Florida, it is called disestablishment of paternity.

[Jersey2]

So, move to Florida, establish residency and file for disestablishment of paternity.

[OlderAndWiser]

@Jersey2 You must be a resident for six months before filing a petition for dissolution of marriage.

[OlderAndWiser]

Thanks for MHO!

[Anonymous]

Largely depends. In the US in most states if your name is on the birth certificate and you've been the father you have to pay child support even if your ex is with your kid's biological father. You might even need the mother's consent for a paternity test. In France paternity tests are banned.

[jshm2]

You off your meds, kiddo?

Google has fuck all to do with it. You go speak with a marriage councillor or lawyer.

No one is responsible to pay for kids that aren't theirs. But you need to prove that they are/are not before the law can get involved.

[genericname85]

given that he is the father, he does have to pay child support because he can be the father. there are genes that don't always activate with every generation. so fully white parents could still have a mixed baby. but there would have to be a mixed partnership somewhere up the family tree.

[bolverk]

It would depend on the state they are in the US, in some states irrespective of a DNA report saying that the husband is not the child's father he will be stuck with paying child support for that child.

If the husband had any doubt he should have refused to have his name on the birth certificate, and here again as above in some states the husband cannot stop the mother putting what ever name she wishes as the father on the birth certificate

[Avicenna]

That's going to depend on local family law. In most, if not all, US states, to give one example, the husband is legally presumed to be the father of a child born to his wife and untangling that mess would be a real sojourn through the courts.

[Adaeva]

If two light-skinned Caucasian are married and the wife has a half-African-American baby, it is not a matter of the husband not finding out for years or even months. He doesn't need a DNA test to be 100% certain that he is not the father of the baby. He knows that the day the child is born. In that case, can he be forced to pay child support for a baby that he DOES NOT WANT?

[Avicenna]

Yes, that is what I am telling you. It's beyond stupid, but that is how the law is written in most places in the US (maybe all for all I know). And if he doesn't get a court to declare he isn't he father by the time the kid turns 3 (yes, 3), he's stuck with child support payments until the child ages out.

[Adaeva]

At least with a mixed-race baby, the husband knows the first time he sees the baby that some other man is the father. Therefore, if he is not stupid, the husband would not even wait three weeks and certainly would not wait three years.

[Avicenna]

I agree

[Paul_in_Indy]

Once again, your impression of the “rave” of the child based upon his or her complexion is irrelevant. The fact you are offended by the child’s skin tone does not change your legal or familial responsibility. There is no need to keep rave baiting here.

You have received good responses which you can easily verify by looking up relevant laws in your
state. None of those laws will mention a different procedure for a father who “finds it obvious that dark skinned baby isn’t his.”

It is irrelevant. Dark skinned children are protected by family law, too.

[Paul_in_Indy]

“race”

[Adaeva]

@Paul_in_Indy Do you lack the ability to tell by looking if a baby is white, black, or mixed race? Apparently, based on your reply, you lack that ability. However, most people do have that ability. Therefore, if a white man is married to a white woman and it is a mixed-race baby he knows immediately that he is not the father. If the baby is white, he may never know. Therefore, it was necessary to include race in the question. Otherwise, people would say "It depends on how years" and I wanted to avoid that in their replies. I understand the law does not distinguish, and that I why I included a DNA test in the question.

[Paul_in_Indy]

regardless of how obvious you think “race” is, it has no bearing on the legal question. You have the answers you need. You can easily look up the verifications. You could stop trying to turn the discussion into one about race. …but you still want to talk about “mixed races” and how a man doesn’t need to support a baby whom he does not like the look of.

[Adaeva]

@Paul_in_Indy Why don't you answer the question instead of ignoring the answer and talking and talking and talking about race? Do you feel some compulsion to talk exclusively about race when it is not relevant to the answer?

[NotInterestedSorry]

I don't believe he should have to pay child support for any child that is not his regardless if he is married to the woman or not

[inhua]

absolutely not. cheaters don't deserve anything. actually she should be the one paying child support to the real father and paying alimony to the divorced husband

[inhua]

never gonna understand why the demographic who has the most difficulty in covering up their cheating due to genetics will cheat more than any other demographic

[Adaeva]

I don't know that they do, except if it is obvious then 100 of the time they are cheating. If it is not obvious and no one ever discovers the cheating then the cheating never happened.

[inhua]

there's abortion and birth control to cover up their cheating and if that doesn't work there's the feminist hive mind and an army of white knights ready to defend her bad behavior

it's sickening how some women will abort their husband's baby while keeping their affair partner's baby alive and yet the husband still gets demonized

[Adaeva]

That is probably true. Someone posted social experiment videos where a woman would sexually harass or be hitting a man for minutes and people walked on by. However, within second of the reverse, people were getting into the face and throwing him down.

[inhua]

it's a tough pill to swallow and takes a lot of media brainwashing, propaganda, entertainment and social media to mask the truth and perpetuate a specific narrative

[Billlewis]

In my case, it wouldn't matter if I was determined not to be the father; I'd pay the maximum amount of child support to provide her with as much assistance as possible.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

The reason you have so many google results is because you’re asking a question meant for a judge, not the average public. This is a question that often comes up in family court.

[exitseven]

In some states he is. Especially if he is already paying child support and the real father is unknown.

[Stacey55666]

The moral of this story is to not use Google, but use duckduckgo
I was trying to use Google to find out something about Trump, but Google hid the results. Google is yet another arm of the left wing. Go for the duck. lol
I found what I wanted in 2 seconds.

[Adaeva]

@Stacey55666 Thank you, I will try duckduckgo.

[Stacey55666]

Use it when you come up empty handed in your search. It will shock you.

[Anonymous]

There have been many cases like this where the courts required the husband pay the chid support even though it was determined the child was not his.

[Anonymous]

I believe some us states will force child support on a man that is not the genetic parent of the child if he's the most obvious male role model for the child (the biological father is not around).

[DWornock]

The husband can file for "disestablishment of paternity." If the wife knows who the black father is, he will have to pay child support.

[Fireguy17]

that is kind of a lawyer question and that can vary from state to state.

[Dargil]

If the baby was born after their marriage, often yes.

[XXblack88]

I wouldn't think so. Way for a child that's not even yours?

[BigDog1989]

Whoever is the dna father, is the one she could sue for child support

[EstevanMadrid898]

No she is a cheater not at all if anything she will have to pay for damages because she cheated

[EmmaMary]

No, absolutely not.

[Heolurt]

I would say no but the courts will say yes.

[FunkyMonkee]

I wouldn't, if it's not my kid!!

[Throwawaynowknow]

Yes if he's on the birth certificate

[nawtee_me]

Nope