If the father is American, I don’t KNOW, but I do strongly believe that, once paternity is proven, the US laws WILL allow for forcing the father to pay support. I know that a US father who moves to another country can still be made to pay support, and that the US State Department will aid in locating the father and enforcing payment. I’m not sure Taiwan will do all that, and the expenses involved may make it impossible, or not worth while, but I do think the US legal system would require the father to pay up.
The minimum child support payment amount here in Taiwan is $5,000 NT. It is a pittance and almost insulting. I’ve known of guys in jail in the us who were orderd to pay more than that–while in jail (if they were “employed” in jail doing chores or whatever, they “earned” more than that a month from the government that was paying to provide for them durring their sentence!). If you’re an English teacher here, you should be able to handle $5,000 NT.