What if the father is unemployed or in school?
Regardless of the father’s current situation, his legal responsibility should be established as quickly as possible following your child’s birth. His support level (monthly payments) is based on his income level. When the father gets a job, collecting child support will be easier if paternity is already established.

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1. Why should a father support his child?
2. Why establish paternity?
3. How is paternity established?
4. What happens after paternity has been established?
5. How long after a child is born can paternity be established?
6. What if the father is unemployed or in school?