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Paternity
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Family Law Prof Blog
Football Star Jerry Rice Embroiled in Arizona Paternity Action
By Family Law
Retired San Francisco 49er wide receiver Jerry Rice was in an Arizona courtroom this past week as the plaintiff in a paternity trial to determine child support for a child…
Family Law Prof Blog
Is Michael Jackson Biological Father of Son Michael Junior and Daughter Paris?
By Family Law
Michael Jackson’s ex-wife, Debbie Rowe - who was married to the singer from 1996 until 1999 - is quoted in Ireland's Sunday World newspaper as saying: "Michael knows the truth…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Fraud as to Paternity of Child must be Raised within One Year of Divorce Decree
By Family Law
The Florida Court of Appeals provides a scholarly decision holding that Mother's failure to disclose in a divorce proceeding that the child born to the marriage was not the biological…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Whose Your Daddy?
Disputes often arise in ascertaining a decedent's children or other heirs, especially upon an intestate death.Modern DNA testing, of course, has made it possible to resolve claims with virtual certainty.What…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Paternity and Child Support Actions Commenced After Mother’s Death
By Family Law
In this case before the Arkansas Supreme Court, Mother died when her daughter was sixteen years old and the girl was then cared for by her Aunt. At Aunt's request,…
Family Law Prof Blog
Juan Peron’s Body To Get DNA Test In Paternity Case
By Family Law
An appeals court in Argentina has ruled that DNA be extracted from the corpse of former president Juan Peron to investigate a woman's claim that he is her biological father,…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Termination of Presumed Father’s Parental Rights Does Not Provide Biological Father Right to Assert Untimely Paternity Petition
By Family Law
Texas statutes provide that, where a presumed father exists, an action brought to establish paternity in one other than the presumed father must be brought within four years of the…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Collateral Estoppel Bars Consideration of Questionable Paternity in Setting Amount of Child Support
By Family Law
Mother gave birth to child four months after separating from Father. The couple remained separated but did not divorce. When child was eight years old, Father agreed to an order…
Family Law Prof Blog
Biological dad challenges child support order for 40-year-old daughter
By Family Law
The South Carolina Supreme Court was asked Friday to overrule a lower court order requiring a biological father to pay child support for a 40-year-old mentally disabled daughter. The father…
Family Law Prof Blog
Paternity: Bargaining or Biology?
By Family Law
In Bargaining or Biology? The History and Future of Paternity Law and Parental Status, Katharine K. Baker describes the historical and contemporary explication of the paternity suit and identifies the…