Paternity: Juan Cuatzo v. State of Indiana, et al.

── Paternity: Juan Cuatzo v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-JP-02786 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 18, 2024 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Riley and Judge Brown concur Father and Raquel Montes (“Mother”) (collectively “Parents”) have one child together, Child, who was born in June 2015. Parents were not married at the time of Child’s birth, but they established Father’s paternity of Child in 2017. In a preliminary order, the trial court ordered Father to pay child support in the amount of $163 per week based on a weekly income of $769. However, Father did not appear, either in person or by counsel, at the final hearing, where Mother testified that Father’s weekly income was $3,500 per week.