Who has the right to child support?

It is important to understand what children qualify as minor children and therefore have a right to support. Minor children include:

1. Unborn children
   • A duty of support can be assessed against a father while the mother is still pregnant.
2. Children conceived by artificial insemination
   • If the mother was inseminated by another man with her husband’s consent, then the child is treated as her husband’s natural child and the donor is not obligated to pay support.
3. Adopted children & step-children
   • Parents that adopt children and/or step-children during the marriage are obligated to support their adopted children, even if they get a divorce just a few months after the adoption becomes final.

Sacramento family law and divorce lawyer, Hal Bartholomew is a partner of Bartholomew & Wasznicky LLP. He can be reached at 916-455-5200. View his Divorce Magazine online profile.