This might be instructive and helpful
[QUOTE=Sammon; 1165770]I am from USA. All I am saying is it is your responsibility to acknowledge the existence of your child and your responsibility to the American Embassy. Ofcourse they will conduct paternity tests to make sure. Once you go this way the girl can try to collect child support and or immigration papers etc.
The girl by herself cannot go to American Embassy and claim paternity by a American Citizen with names and such.
The American has to initiate the action.
There is no way american embassy is going to force you to take paternity tests.
Only paternity tests I know of are ordered in USA courts if the mother is living in USA and puts a claim for child support. [/QUOTE]"International child support cases in the United States are currently handled under bilateral federal-level arrangements or informal arrangements between individual USA states and foreign countries. Section 459A of the Social Security Act n13 outlines the conditions which must be met before the United States will enter into an agreement to enforce child support obligations for a resident of another country. Generally, the other country must have procedures in place and available to USA residents (or commit to establishing such procedures) that would enable the foreign country to establish and enforce child support obligations, including the establishment of paternity, collect and distribute child support payments, and provide any necessary legal or other services at no cost. Also, the foreign country must designate a central authority to facilitate international cases. The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) of the Department of Health and Human Services is the central USA authority for international child support. N14 The United States currently has federal reciprocity arrangements with fifteen foreign jurisdictions n15 and negotiations are underway with approximately ten more countries. Many countries do not provide free legal services in all child support cases and do not establish paternity as part of a child support case. N16 Consequently, the United States has no federal-level child support agreement with those countries."
38 Int'l Law. 493
As of this date, the following countries (or Canadian provinces) have [*71606] been designated foreign reciprocating countries:
Country Effective date
Australia May 21, 2001.
Canadian Provinces:
Alberta Sept. 4, 2002.
British Columbia Dec. 15, 1999.
Manitoba July 11, 2000.
Newfoundland/Labrador August 7, 2002.
Nova Scotia Dec. 18, 1998.
Ontario August 7, 2002.
Czech Republic May 3, 2000.
Ireland Sept. 10, 1997.
Netherlands May 1, 2002.
Norway June 10, 2002.
Poland June 14, 1999.
Portugal. Mar. 17, 2001.
Slovak Republic. Feb. 1, 1998.