Sucks to be a woman in an abusive marriage who takes a lover on the side, gets pregnant by her lover, decides to have the child and divorces her husband.
No, I think it works out to her advantage--husband owes child support. Even if she gets remarried to the bio-father. (And husband potentially gets visitation rights. But if he's annoyed that it's "not his kid," he may not care about that.)
The legal-parenthood situation doesn't come up unless: --Child support is an issue, --Visitation rights are an issue, --Custodial decision-making (medical, etc.) is an issue.
If everyone's content to work things out among themselves, the courts don't interfere.
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Date: 2008-11-16 03:54 am (UTC)No, I think it works out to her advantage--husband owes child support. Even if she gets remarried to the bio-father. (And husband potentially gets visitation rights. But if he's annoyed that it's "not his kid," he may not care about that.)
The legal-parenthood situation doesn't come up unless:
--Child support is an issue,
--Visitation rights are an issue,
--Custodial decision-making (medical, etc.) is an issue.
If everyone's content to work things out among themselves, the courts don't interfere.