If a women get pregnant in the United States, what does she have to do so under US law, the courts in the United States do not h

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If a women get pregnant in the United States, what does she have to do so under US law, the courts in the United States do not have legal jurisdiction over paternity, child custody and child support? Her child is eligible to become a US citizen if she is born outside the United States, and does not enter US soil before child custody ends at age 18? On the other hand, forum shopping is generally seen as particularly inappropriate when it is intended to secure a more sympathetic forum in a child custody case. Indeed, courts have found that the Hague Abduction Convention was designed to deter parents from engaging in international forum shopping in custody cases. Specifically, the Hague Convention attempts to prevent situations in which a parent dissatisfied with current custodial arrangemen

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Peter Lomtevas ·
Your question makes no sense but I'll try to piece it together. No court in the U.S. has jurisdiction over a fetus. The mother can fly to Pluto and give birth there if she wants. You'll have to chase her down. Hague does not apply when there is no prior order of custody before removal of a child and this woman's case, there is no child, yet. In these cases, moms go to countries where custody is presumed to the mother, and then you're on the hook for child support from a foreign court where you cannot appear and defend the petition.
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Virginia Alvarez ·
Your question is a bit confusing. Can you explain what you are concerned with
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Miriam Zakarin ·
The courts jurisdiction is established once the child is born.
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