NSW Needing advice on testing

[Yasmine]

I have just done a paternity test that was orderd by the courts, I self represented myself, will I need a lawyer if the result concludes it's my my child. I don't talk to the mother any more so I don't know where she is and I'm currently married, would anyone have string advise on what to do about this like will I have to see the child how much will I have to pay etc

 

[Scruff]

No one can force you to have contact with the child if you don't want to.

As for how much you will have to pay, first the other party has to make a claim for child support payments. If they never do that, then you won't have to pay anything.

However given that a paternity test has been ordered, I'm guessing that child support is inevitable. How much you will have to pay will be determined either by the Child Support Agency (CSA) or the court, after taking into account things such as the financials of both parents, how many kids they have etc. In short, there is no way of knowing how much it will be until there has been an assessment done.

 

[sammy01]

call csa (child support agency) 131 272. Give them this hypotethical... You're gross income. Tell them you have zero contact with the kid. Tell them the mother earns $25 000. You'll then have your worst case scenario as far as child support payments go

 

[The Cheese]

This calculator might help if you don't want to spend an hour on hold calling CSA - Child Support Estimator

Its not going to be 100% accurate, but will give you a decent ballpark figure to run off