South Carolina Unmarried Parents Rights Lawyer

Lexington Child Support Attorney

Under South Carolina law, unmarried parents have rights and responsibilities regarding their child.

The custodial parent has the right to receive child support from the noncustodial parent, and the noncustodial parent has the right to visitation with the child.

When Should an Unmarried Parent Consult a Lawyer for Help?

One of the biggest myths about child support and visitation is that child support depends on visitation, and vice versa. This is not true, under the law.

• If you do not receive child support, you are still legally entitled to visitation time with the child.
• If your child's other parent refuses to give you visitation time with your child, you are not legally permitted to stop paying child support.

This misunderstanding is one of the most common causes of legal battles between unmarried parents. Paternity conflicts that may require legal help from an attorney also come up in some of the following situations:

• A mother files an action for child support and the person she names as the father denies paternity.

Legal Advice About Child Support for Unmarried Parents

The legal process to seek child support or visitation may be different for unmarried couples because the first step may be a paternity test, which is not required between couples who had a child together when they were married.

The Law Office of Richard J. Breibart, LLC, located in Lexington, South Carolina, has a family law practice that provides advice and legal representation to both married and unmarried parents regarding child support and visitation.

Free In-Person Consultations ∙ Evening and Weekend Appointments

Some of your general questions about child support, child custody and visitation may be answered on this Web site. If you have additional questions — and especially if you believe you need a lawyer's help — we encourage you to contact our office to schedule a free in-person consultation.

If your work or child care schedule keeps you from a daytime meeting, we may have appointments available in the early mornings, evenings or on the weekends.

Call us locally at 803-753-1832 or toll-free at 877-754-1510. Or send us an e-mail for a prompt response.