Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

• I'm currently unemployed but will start a job soon. Is my child support determined by my current unemployed status or by my pending future salary?
• My ex came after me for child support for a child that is 14 years old and I’m not sure is mine. What can I do?
• Is it true that it is against the law to make a provision for the support of children over the age of 18?
• My ex wife filed a motion for order permitting travel to Brazil with the kids. I'm afraid she won't return. What can I do to stop her?
• How is maintenance calculated?
• The judge granted our request to dismiss our uncontested divorce. Does this mean the mediation agreement is null and void as well?

Question:

My girlfriend and I broke up 3 weeks ago because she is moving back to Korea with her family. She recently told me she is two months pregnant. I had this confirmed.

She wants nothing from me financially or legally. All she wants is for me to voluntarily terminate my parental rights. Is this necessary if the child is born in another country and I am not listed on the birth certificate? Can this be done and accepted in court before the child is actually born?
 

Question:

I am now divorced, and was granted custody of our child when she was 2 years old because the mother didn’t show up for the hearing. A couple years later and after I remarried, I find out the child isn’t mine.

My new wife was abusive toward my daughter so we granted permanent guardianship to my ex-wife’s parents, who still have her. I want my name taken off the birth certificate and my custody rights terminated since I’m not the kid’s father. The problem is no one can find my ex-wife’s mother who has had my daughter for the past 6 months.

So how do I serve someone if I can’t find out where they live? And how do I go about getting my name off the birth certificate since I’m not the father?

Question: I live in Georgia but my 18-year-old child lives in California. In 1995, I signed a court document granting my paternal rights over to my ex’s new husband. (He was supposed to adopt him, but apparently never did.) 

Three years later, I start getting child support bills again. First for $76 per month, but now it’s up to over $100 taking out of my paychecks for back child support, money I was told I would not owe after signing the child over. 

Can they legally take this money from my check? And why would the county clerks office in San Diego tell me that I won’t be responsible for paying child support and then 3 years later suddenly start collecting again without telling me?

Question: My wife and I want a divorce. She is pregnant with our child, and now I am deployed overseas and will not be home for the birth of our child. 

She doesn't want to put me on the birth certificate as the father and she wants the baby to have her maiden name. 

Is that possible and what can be done? Can I force her to put my name on the birth certificate or have the baby take my last name since it is my child?