Rolleratnight wrote:
I was talking to a Tica who had a K*D by a guy in Spain. I asked her if he knew and she said "no, I want him to be mine only." She was afraid he would take the K*D since she was a prostitute.
This got me to thinking. What if a you got a Tica pregnant, could she get Ch*ld support from you in the US? Now, let's say you were happy about this, but you didn't want to marry her. How could you make sure your baby was a US citizen? Surely, there must be some way you could make sure your offspring enjoyed the same citizenship as you. Plus, it would seem ridiculous for your K*D to apply for a visa every time they wanted to come stay with you in the USA. Finally, back to the situation I just mentioned, let's say you found out after the K*D was born (in Costa Rica) and you got a Costa Rican judge to grant you custody. How would you get to take your K*D to the USA since he wasn't a citizen? Or, what if you wanted your K*D and his Costa Rican mama to come live with you in the USA?
I just thought I would ask since I am sure this has come up before and somebody knows the answer from some first hand knowledge or knows what happened to somebody.
If you honestly think you may have a dog in this fight vs just a random question, you may want to consult a Costa Rican attorney vs guys opinions on a message board.
As I understand it - and not from personal experience
- if you are "accused" of being the father, they can detain you until a CR court determines if you are indeed the father (via DNA test) and sets up a Ch*ld support schedule, which can be enforceble in the USA.
If you talk to any of the girls who have multiple k*ds w/ multiple padres (can't be more than 95% of the working girls
), you would form an opinion that no male in CR ever pays Ch*ld support - this would not be the case for visitors, especially from the USA