Paternity

The court determines custody and visitation based on what is in the best interests of the child. The only takes the parents into consideration as a facet of that over-arching paradigm. But, newborns offer a unique challenge. This post will go over infants and the...

Paternity suits are civil claims brought against an unwed father by the mother of their mutual child. The purpose of the action is to establish paternity. Paternity is the establishment of formal legal rights between a father and child. This post will go over the...

Paternity is the cornerstone of father's rights. Paternity is the formal legal process by which fathers can secure legal rights to raise and parent their child. Unless you have paternal rights, you have no rights to your child ? no right to custody or make decisions...

Acknowledging paternity is the affirmative acceptance of paternity over a child. Paternity imposes duties on both the child and father. For example, the father must care for the child, and the child must obey the father. Paternity imposes significant duties...

Paternity is the establishment of a formal legal relationship between a father and child. It requires the father to provide financial, emotional, and familial support to the child. In short, paternity requires the father to provide benefits to another person for at...

Paternity can be established using a variety of methods, including through DNA testing and by implication. DNA testing is very accurate, however, paternity established by implication is more difficult to avoid. For example, if you were married to the mother when the...

A paternity suit is a legal action to establish parental rights over a child by legally declaring that a particular person is a father. These suits can be filed by the father or the mother. The mother would attach it because it would compel the father to pay child...

The short answer is yes; there are many grounds to invalidate a paternity finding or order a new test. DNA has greatly improved the accuracy of assigning proper paternity, but it isn't perfect. The tests are administered by humans, and there are many ways that they...

Paternity disputes once took months or years to resolve. There are painful accounts about timelines, copulation dates and evidence of other partners. This forced many fathers to care for a child that was not theirs. For many other mothers, it meant that the...

Paternity can be both a blessing and curse. It's a blessing because it grants legitimate fathers the right to care for and raise their child. It is also a curse because it can mean that non-biological fathers are forced to assume parental and financial...