Legal/Financial Responsibility for a child.

If you are going to pay child support and you want this child in your life all you have to do is go to court. 1.request a paternity test(cant be done til the baby is born) 2. See a mediator through your local Courthouse to determine custody/visitation. 3. If you have proof of the drug use you can request full custody and supervised visitation.

If you will be requesting a paternity test DO NOT sign the birth certificate or you will have to pay the test . If you plan to wait and let her take you to court to establish child support she has a right to ask for back payment from the time of birth until the time the child support payments start. If you buy anything for the child before support starts keep all the receipts for proof and in most cases the courts will deduct that amount from the back payments. If she has a drug issue and is proven by the courts as an unsuitable parent you may have a say in adoption if that would be the best for the child. Keep a journal of dates and events that would show any unfavorable acts before and after the baby is born. Good luck.

I know that it sucks that you will be responsible for this child. from the sounds of your post you are not interested in this kid. poor child will have a horrible mother unless she changes her life and a father who didn't want a kid. if you didn't want to have kids you HAD 2 options: wear a condom (never trust a woman to take care of that) or not have sex. i hope you will keep that in mind when the next "Miss-right-now" shows up. but for this child right now...if the baby survives pregnancy...man up, dude! take the baby and give it all the love and affection you have! you chose to sleep w/ this woman and were part of creating this baby...life has consequences. make sure you get a DNA test though!

Well if you want a relationship with your child you can do so by going and getting your rights for visitation and all. If you feel that she is an unfit mother and if you can prove that she does have drug/drinking problems then you may even be able to get your son/daughter. However, if you dont want anything to do with the baby then if you dont sign the birth certifacte you will have no legal rights to him/her at all. Also I think you can just say you want to give up all rights to the baby not sure how that works. You can contact a lawyer and tell them your situation and they can inform you on what to do as far as a relationship or no relationship with the baby.