Can my ex-girlfriend file child support even though my name is not on the baby's birth certificate?

[christi]

Yes she can file..but a test would be ordered. You better get the DNA ,in fact she will be trying to get you for child support, 18 yrs of her and you re going to hope your not the father. The courts will want you to have it done. As for her and her nosy friends.. nothing but trouble. You do not really know what she put on the birth certificate. A normal mother would not want it blank. If she doesn't want a DNA it is because she isn't sure your the father. .. so make sure you push for it. She is at fault for you not being there when the baby was born. She will always be using the child to get under your skin and cause nothing but problems....which brings me to wonder why you involved yourself with her in the first place. Do not make yourself easily available to her or her friends. If you can afford a lawyer, then get one, you can also call the child support department and see if you can get information about DNA testing. The state wants you to be the father so they don't have to look for the father and so they can get you for child support,..but they won't lie about the test result. Good luck.