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Do any of you have any info on this? Help please?

tofurkey's picture

Submitted by tofurkey on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 10:00am

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I've been thinking about this more and more lately, and i've tried to find some info online but to no avail. If DH's daughter gets pregnant before she is 18, then will DH be responsible for more costs in respect to that? Will BM be able to take him to court for more money to pay with "pregnancy costs"??

If any of you guys have been in a situation like this and know what happens or if you have been able to find info through research I would really appreciate it if you could let me know! Especially if it's for NYS

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Submitted by DaizyDuke on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 10:35am

In New york the age of Majority is 21 and NY does not see a child under 21 emancipated unless they are: married, enlisted in the armed forces, or self sufficient with full-time employment.

It is possible, if she applies for benefits and is unable to support herself, that the state of New York will come after both parents to recoup the cost of benefits.

I believe BOTH parents are expected to support the child, in NY it is 17% of EACH parents income. This is what would also happen if the child were in voluntary foster care, or some other placement and not in the physical care of one parent.

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Submitted by skylarksms on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 10:35am

My SD got pregnant and gave birth when she was 16. Since CO says DH is responsible for 1/2 of medical costs in addition to providing health insurance, DH was responsible for 1/2 of her c-section etc costs. However, he was NOT responsible for the baby's medical costs - i.e., he had to help pay for the delivery but the neonatal ICU he did NOT have to help pay for.

We did not do this, but I have read that the BM could be in trouble with the court for lack of parenting in allowing the minor to get pregnant. You might want to check into that in case she WOULD try to go back to court.

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Submitted by prayerhelps on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 10:37am

Try google emancipation laws in NY. There evidently have been some cases where support stops due to child leaving home and getting pregnant w/out consent of parents

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Submitted by tofurkey on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 12:53pm

I agree, it doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Even though DH's daughter isn't near old enough for that to happen to YET i told him i think that if when she is he could be responsible for cs increase due to an up in medical costs for her, he thought I was crazy . It's like you've never seriously given this any thought here buddy?

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Submitted by wriggsy on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 1:27pm

Well...I am not looking forward to that possibility with either of our girls, but luckily, our insurance now extends to cover maternity for dependent daughters. I would hope that I would help to make sure that baby is healthy..it's not their fault that their young mother is so stupid. There is no CS order for my skids, but I am sure that BM wouldn't help anyway. I don't think I would have an issue with my exH, I think my daughter's SM would make him help her in any way they could.