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18 Year Contract
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Hello Parents!
I am due to be the father of a wonderful love child. The mother and I do not connect on any other level, but the love and child part. Knowing this we are kinda scared of ever getting involved in any legal disputes and want to crush that issue from the beginning. She has suggested and agreed to write up a contract to be formely documented as a legal paper to mitigate this issue. ***My Question is knowing what you know now, what would you put into a pre-birth contract; what would ease your time with the other parent?

Thank you,
Jesse James
Posted on 06/25/12, 10:15 pm
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Reply #1 - 06/27/12  12:27am
" A contract is a nice thought. Crushing the legality is also a lovely thought. You should probably consider filing the appropriate legal documents for your state after the child is born. If you're on good terms, you can do this together and keep things simple. "
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Reply #2 - 06/27/12  10:05am
" set an age where the child can start spending the night. I can tell you right now that for minimum the first 6 months the child won't be spending the night at your place unless she wants it that way.

Figure out a custody arrangement (custody equals descisions) you canhave joint custody with the mother being the primary residence (that means she needs your written approval for all the important stuff like school, medicines, religion, etc.

Figure out child support ( i dont know about where you are but in Canada even you have a hcild shared 1 week/1 week you still have to pay suport theres no getting out of it)

Work out an access schedule. "
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Reply #3 - 07/05/12  4:31pm
" I would hire a lawyer and sort it out with custody, could get tricky "

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