Nope- I never filed before, and dss already knows that. Now, as far as if there might have been some court order as a result of Department of Juvenile Justice filing, I don't know- I'm not privy to that and am not sure what the process is exactly. Here's what I do know- dss here is taking the stance that he is the father (I know he is- it couldn't be anyone else so I'm supportive of this position) and they are going after him and saying if he wants to disprove that he's the father, he and difficult child can take dna tests and prove it. (Unlike if I went after him when difficult child was young- it would be up to me to have him subpeonad to prove he is the father first). Anyway, this dss is supposed to contact the dss in the sate where he is and they tak him to court there, for this state, I think. Since he will most assuredly try to claim he isn't the father (buys him time), I would have known if things had gotten this far because difficult child would have told me if someone had come to swab his cheek.
The problem here is that his father was deemed a dead-beat dad for his first child years aago in the same state he's still in. There were court orders, warrants, sentences to jail. He still got away without ever paying anything. He worked under the table, drove anyway, and when they'd knock on his front door, he'd walk out the back door. The kid turned 18yo and apparently, all was forgotten. And that kid and the mother had been on that state's public assistance. The docking pay, threat of jail time, garnishing wages, suspension of license, etc, really only works for half-way honest, law abiding people. It sure never worked with him. And a couple of dss workers in this state said they would made sure he was pursued if I filed after difficult child gets released, but when I went to court as was required just for the judge to certify an amount for me to pay while difficult child is incarcerated, the judge asked dss why they didn't have paperwork on difficult child's father CS and dss told the judge, and I quote "we can't really do anything about him- he's not in our jurisdiction or even our state so it's pointless to even pursue him- we'd probably never find him." I looked at them in such shock that they then told the judge "oh, she did provide us with some information." And I said "I provided you ABC..." (the things I listed in my post below.) So, I don't know if they will really even bother. But difficult child, said he wanted me to go for it and now we really need the financial help, so I'm going for it. I'm not as worried about him possibly ending up with some visitation with difficult child as I was when difficult child was a baby or little boy.