When unmarried parents are living together as a family, the alleged father is considered financially responsible if he has acknowledged paternity or a court has determined that he is the father of the child after the birth.
Note: Paternity cannot be established for an unborn.
Paternity cannot be established for an unborn without a
signed and notarized paternity acknowledgment. An unborn is not referred
to CSE until the child is born.
Absent a marriage, some courts will order the father to pay childbirth
expenses even though his income was used in determining eligibility at
that time.
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