A question about child support...

[admiralpiett]

Thanks in advance for reading this. I'm a father about to seperate from my wife of 11 years (and divorce shortly afterwards), and wondering about a few things. Firstly, there are 2 children living in the marital home. One is mine, the other, hers from a prior relationship. The child from the prior relationship did not take on my last name after I married her mother, so carries her mother's last name prior to marriage. She is also a teen, and starting high school. My question would be, if the wife is awarded primary parent would I have to pay child support for both children or just the childe conceived during the marriage? Again, nothing's been 'officially' filed yet. I've started doing legwork to get my ducks in a row, though.

[Attorney Howard Iken]

You only have an obligation to the child that was born to both of you. The other child will not be an issue.