WRONG FATHER, CHILD SUPPORT CASE DISMISSED! AS A FAMILY LAW FIRM AND DIVORCE ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS IN THE EAST ST. LOUIS, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, WE REPRESENTED A PERSON WHO WAS PAYING CHILD SUPPORT BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE WAS THE NATURAL FATHER OF THE CHILD. HE HAD ALREADY PAID CHILD SUPPORT IN EXCESS OF $20,000.00 WHEN WE WERE HIRED AND CONSIDERED STRATEGIES AND OPTIONS AND RECOMMENDED BLOOD TESTS. THE BLOOD TESTS SHOWED WHAT WE ANTICIPATED, THAT IS, THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR CLIENT THOUGHT HE WAS THE NATURAL FATHER, AND HAD PAID CHILD SUPPORT, HE WAS NOT THE NATURAL FATHER. AS A RESULT, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THE CASE DISMISSED AND NO FURTHER CHILD SUPPORT WAS PAID.

WRONG FATHER, CHILD SUPPORT CASE DISMISSED! AS A FAMILY LAW FIRM AND DIVORCE ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS IN THE EAST ST. LOUIS, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, WE REPRESENTED A PERSON WHO WAS PAYING CHILD SUPPORT BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE WAS THE NATURAL FATHER OF THE CHILD. HE HAD ALREADY PAID CHILD SUPPORT IN EXCESS OF $20,000.00 WHEN WE WERE HIRED AND CONSIDERED STRATEGIES AND OPTIONS AND RECOMMENDED BLOOD TESTS. THE BLOOD TESTS SHOWED WHAT WE ANTICIPATED, THAT IS, THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR CLIENT THOUGHT HE WAS THE NATURAL FATHER, AND HAD PAID CHILD SUPPORT, HE WAS NOT THE NATURAL FATHER. AS A RESULT, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THE CASE DISMISSED AND NO FURTHER CHILD SUPPORT WAS PAID.

IN MANY SITUATIONS, WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS, BLOOD TESTS MAY BE RECOMMENDED EITHER TO CONFIRM WHAT MAY BE SUSPECTED OR TO REFUTE CLAIMS BEING MADE. IF A FATHER PAYS CHILD SUPPORT UNDER COLOR OF PATERNITY IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO RECOUP CHILD SUPPORT ALREADY PAID AS A RESULT OF AN ANTECEDENT RULING FROM THE FAMILY COURT.

Blake Behme Gilbreth Links, P.C.