What if I was never married to the father/mother of my child?
The parents of a child do not have to be married to one another in order to be held legally responsible to support their child.
If you are the father of a child, you may ask the Churchill County District Attorney's Child Support Division to obtain child support from the mother, even if you were never married to her, so long as you have custody of your child.
If you are the mother of the child, and if paternity is not an issue, you may ask the Churchill County District Attorney's Child Support Division to obtain child support from the father. If paternity is denied by the alleged father, there are at least two different ways you can seek to have a court determine whether the alleged father is the biological father of your child and responsible to pay child support.
Otherwise, you may ask the Churchill County District Attorney's Child Support Division to start a paternity/establishment action for you. The Child Support Division does not charge a fee for its services.
If you are the non-parent, physical custodian of a child, you may ask the Churchill County District Attorney's Child Support Division to obtain an order directing the parents to pay child support.

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1. Who can recover child support?
2. How does the physical custodian of minor children get court ordered child support from the non-custodial parent?
3. Extended protection order
4. What if I was never married to the father/mother of my child?
5. How is the amount of child support determined?
6. How long does the obligation to pay child support last?