Can I be liable for Child Support?

My wife had a child when she was very young, before I ever even knew her.
She was fourteen at the time and she wanted to give the child up for
adoption but the fathers family would not allow it and kept the child ( this
was in 1996). Her and the father were never together after this and neither
of them have been parents to the child, this happened in Massachusetts and
after the child was born she was sent to Pennsylvania. The child has lived
with the fathers parents forever. I married her four years ago and we have
two children, word has gotten back to the grandparents of the child that she
is married to a guy that does very well and now all of a sudden they file
for child support from my wife. She does not work, has no income, owns no
assets. Can I some how be forced to pay her child support? Either by them
taking money from me or by the placing an order on her and because she does
not work I still get stuck paying it so she does not go to jail. Can anyone
help me with this?
Thanks
Ken H


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"K Hunter" wrote
My wife had a child when she was very young, before I ever even knew her.
She was fourteen at the time and she wanted to give the child up for
adoption but the fathers family would not allow it and kept the child (
this was in 1996). Her and the father were never together after this and
neither of them have been parents to the child, this happened in
Massachusetts and after the child was born she was sent to Pennsylvania.
The child has lived with the fathers parents forever. I married her four
years ago and we have two children, word has gotten back to the
grandparents of the child that she is married to a guy that does very well
and now all of a sudden they file for child support from my wife. She does
not work, has no income, owns no assets. Can I some how be forced to pay
her child support? Either by them taking money from me or by the placing
an order on her and because she does not work I still get stuck paying it
so she does not go to jail. Can anyone help me with this?
==
In PA, she will probably have an imputed income of minimum wage with
consideration of the
two subsequent children. If she is ordered to pay anything, it will be
minimal. She may be required
to disclose your income but it will not be used to calculate child support.
PA is not a community property
state.

"Gini" wrote in message
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"K Hunter" wrote
The child has lived with the fathers parents forever. I married her four
years ago and we have two children, word has gotten back to the
grandparents of the child that she is married to a guy that does very
well and now all of a sudden they file for child support from my wife.

In PA, she will probably have an imputed income of minimum wage with
consideration of the
two subsequent children.

Did the grand parents adopt after the mother gave the child up?
How did they become legal guardians if no paper work was filed?

Can the birth father also be forced to pay CS to the grand parents if a case
is taken out against the mother?

Read how to protect assets in how to minimize support at
http://www.lpwersupport.com
"K Hunter" wrote in message
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My wife had a child when she was very young, before I ever even knew her.
She was fourteen at the time and she wanted to give the child up for
adoption but the fathers family would not allow it and kept the child (
this was in 1996). Her and the father were never together after this and
neither of them have been parents to the child, this happened in
Massachusetts and after the child was born she was sent to Pennsylvania.
The child has lived with the fathers parents forever. I married her four
years ago and we have two children, word has gotten back to the
grandparents of the child that she is married to a guy that does very well
and now all of a sudden they file for child support from my wife. She does
not work, has no income, owns no assets. Can I some how be forced to pay
her child support? Either by them taking money from me or by the placing
an order on her and because she does not work I still get stuck paying it
so she does not go to jail. Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks
Ken H


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