If I adopt my foster children and I end up divorcing later will my husband have to pay support?

Question

Ok heres the deal. I am a foster parent and my husband and I have had a sibling pair for 2 and a half years. We are going through the steps of adoption and they have already been approved to receive addoption subsidey untill they are 18. So with that if my husband and I were ever to split up will he have to pay support on the kids since they receive subsidey?

Answer 1

yes you husband would have to pay support the same as with blood siblings.

Answer 2

Yes because those children become yours (you and your husband). You get a birth certificate with your names on it. If you get a divorce he would have to pay child support.

Answer 3

That's a good question, but why are you thinking so negatively about your marriage?

Answer 4

Once you adopt the are your children, so yes he would have to pay support.  I actually had a friend that went through a similar situation.  Her and her husband tried for years to get pregnant, when that didn't happen they decided to adopt.  I guess the adoption put a lot of stress on their marriage and they ended up getting divorced 6 months after the adoption was finalized.  Her husband fought the fact that the child was not his biological child and therefore should not have to pay support. The judge basically decided that who ever signs the paperwork for an adoption agrees to take care of that child for the rest of their lives and that he needed to pay child support.

Answer 5

If both of you adopt (not only you), he must pay.

Adoption is beginning, and you are talking about future problems and divorce?

Answer 6

If you see divorce as an option in your future, you probably shouldn't bring kids into the equation.

Answer 7

According to the law, adoptive kids are the same as biological kids, so yes, he probably would have to pay support on the kids, since he would be their legal father.

Answer 8

As with any divorce, who pays who is up for the courts to decide but if support is warranted, either direction, it can be ordered by a court.  Once children are adopted they legally are the same as if they were born to you.

Answer 9

I'm not sure that I know the answer, since this is not something I've ever looked into.  However, a subsidy is very different from child support, and the two don't (and shouldn't) have anything to do with each other.  The subsidy is for the child, to ensure that your family is able to care for the child.  Basically, the subsidy is supposed to make it possible for *any* family to take care of a child with high needs, because the state does not want finances to be an obstacle to finding a family for a child who needs one.  Child support should not be based on the subsidy, because child support is there for a different reason.  When households split, one household will bear more of the responsibility financially (whichever household has the children more), so one party has to cover the financial gap.

Answer 10

I am not sure, but I think it would be specified in your adoption papers. Maybe look there?

Answer 11

If you and your husband adopt the children, yes, they are your children.  The judge will adjust it based on the subsidy, but it is a subsidy, not the full cost of supporting the children.

Answer 12

With even the thought of a divorce situation, I would certainly not even think of adopting these children.  They do not need more turmoil in their lives.