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Case Law Development: Unmarried Biological Father’s Consent Required For Adoption If Paternity Uncontested in Other Prior Proceedings
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The Florida Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's order of adoption without securing the consent of the biological father. The child and Mother had both tested positive for cocaine…
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PING: Contesting PaternityURL: http://orlandofamilylawyer.typepad.com/family/2006/05/contesting_pate.htmlIP: 204.9.178.8BLOG NAME: Florida Family DATE: 05/04/2006 04:30:00 PMIn a story reported out of the Tallahassee Democrat, The Florida House of Representatives recently passed a bill (HB221) that allows men who find out they are not the biological father of a child to petition a court for orders
By Family Law
The Florida House passed a bill last week 96-17 that allows a child support obligor, who discovers at any point during a child’s minority that he is not the biological…
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Illinois Former Boyfriend and Sperm Donor Sued for Child Support
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An Illinois sperm donor whose sperm was used to artificially impregnate his former girlfriend is being sued for child support. The in-vitro fertilization of the woman led to the birth…
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An article written by Tresa Baldas in the National Law Journal surveying Paternity Fraud throughout the United States may be of interest to our readers. It can be found at…
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Case Law Development: No Paternal Preference in Child Name Change Proceedings
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The Kansas Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's decision to change a 2-year-old child's surname to that of Father in a paternity action. The court held that the trial…
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Commentary: How Can a Man Protect His Paternity Rights When Mother Wants to Place the Child for Adoption?
By Family Law
The New York Times ran a story in its Sunday, March 19 edition entitled “Unwed Fathers Fight for Babies Placed for Adoption by Mothers.” (See our analysis of March 20…
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Case Law Development: Arkansas Supreme Court Rules Father Has No Rights to Child Born Without His Knowledge As He Failed to Adequately Protect His “Opportunity Interest”
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The Arkansas Supreme Court, over the dissent of the Chief Justice, ruled Thursday in Escobedo v. Nickita that a biological father has no right to the custody of his biological…
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Father Files Reverse Roe Claim in Michigan Federal Court
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The Chicago Tribune reports that a Michigan man who claims he was tricked into fatherhood filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Chicago this week in an effort to…
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Chinese Mom Must Pay Dad for False Paternity
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A Beijing, China court recently ordered a woman to pay 25,000 yuan (US $3,100) in compensation to her ex-husband for having a son by another man — and passing him…
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Case Law Development: Failure to Inform Father of Possible Doubts as to Paternity Constitutes Fraud so as to Prevent Application of Paternity by Estoppel
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The Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed a trial court's judgment of paternity in a case involving an unmarried man who had accepted his paramour's child as his own and paid support…