# I would like an opinion please..

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-an-opinion-please/568167>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 19, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-an-opinion-please/568167 "2011-01-19T03:55:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![hmiller23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/fbc32d/32.png) [@hmiller23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hmiller23)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-an-opinion-please/568167/1 "2011-01-19T03:55:43Z")

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Hi, I was wondering if a NJ or NY have any type of common law child support? I have been dating a guy for some time and I have found out through a mutual friend that he was denied a us passport because of back child support. She said it had something to do with with living with some woman for many years and she had a child that was not his. Supposedly it is not his child but was awarded child support because they lived together. Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? And to top it off he has not told me about this. To give him some credit he did just recently found out that he owes child support. Is there a way to research a child support order? I just wish he would tell me that he has a kid biological or not… And I am nervous because he was not the one who told me. I just wonder if I should break up with him over this because he still has not told me… I feel that I have the right to know and there is no trust between us. Thanks:cool:

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-an-opinion-please/568167/2 "2011-01-19T05:27:41Z")

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Closed as a duplicate of this thread, which has been moved to IMHO.

> **[I need an honest opinion..\[child support law\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=593666)**
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> Hi, I was wondering if a NJ or NY have any type of common law child support? I have been dating a guy for some time and I have found out through a mutual friend that he was denied a us passport because of back child support. She said it had something...