Should he pay ????????
By JRoberson
@JRoberson (82)
United States
June 21, 2009 11:45pm CST
This is a question that my friend and I have been talking about. If I guy has three kids that his mother in-law has had because the kids mother is no longer in the picture and he wanted to get the kids back, madde several attempts to. Found out that the whole situation would get ugly if they couldn't work it out between themselves, so he decided not to take the ugly route and just do what he could with/for his kids. Then the mother in-law decided that she wants to adopt the kids, and then tells him that he needs to pay child support because she needs help with the kids. What I don't get is if she wants to adopt them then she shouldn't need any help cause when you adopt kids you are making them yours(your responsibilty). He (the father) feels that he shouldn't have to pay child support and if she needed more help she should just give them back to him since it is his responsibilty and she wouldn't have to worry about getting help. What do you all think?
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2 responses
@mypriv8link (180)
• Philippines
22 Jun 09
Im no expert when it comes to adoption and legal matters regarding that. But as far as I know, when you sign up to adopt a kid, there are certain qualifications that you have to pass inorder for you to be an adopted parent/s. You must be able to support the kids financially, give them a stable home and provide emotional support. It isn't that easy for the mother-in-law to adopt the kids unless the father had totally abandoned them for some time. The rights of the parent is not easily overidden by someone like a mother-in-law. I think you're friend should seek legal advise and I also think that he has the bigger chance of getting his kids back unless he is not able to support them.
@JRoberson (82)
• United States
22 Jun 09
That's what I said. I also told him that it's all going to be a process that she would have to go through to adopt them, she can't just make it so because she wants too.
@Cifer69 (187)
• Philippines
22 Jun 09
I think the mother-in-law should give the kids back but if the father is iresponsible she must keep the children and try to sue the dad in court and let the court decide
