There is a strong possibility that I am going to have to pay child support on a child that I fathered accidentally with a woman that I was with for only a few months. We don't plan on raising the child together, so she will be having the child 100% of the time.
If the child is genuinely mine, I have no trouble paying everything the Child Support Agency asks me to pay, as it is my mistake and I am happy to follow the law. What scared me, however, is when I saw a family lawyer and she mentioned that my ex partner hired a very expensive lawyer, and the only reason she would do that for a simple paternity case is that she would be looking to get a lot of money out of me.
So my question is this: Is it possible to be on the hook for more than the maximum child support payable, above the cap? It looks like the cap is approx 1500 a month. Is it genuinely possible that a high priced lawyer can force more money out of me? My lawyer said it wasn't uncommon for ex partners to go after more (IE 50-100k a year).
If the child is genuinely mine, I have no trouble paying everything the Child Support Agency asks me to pay, as it is my mistake and I am happy to follow the law. What scared me, however, is when I saw a family lawyer and she mentioned that my ex partner hired a very expensive lawyer, and the only reason she would do that for a simple paternity case is that she would be looking to get a lot of money out of me.
So my question is this: Is it possible to be on the hook for more than the maximum child support payable, above the cap? It looks like the cap is approx 1500 a month. Is it genuinely possible that a high priced lawyer can force more money out of me? My lawyer said it wasn't uncommon for ex partners to go after more (IE 50-100k a year).