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Paternity
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NJ Family Legal Blog
23 and Not Me
The proliferation of genetic testing, where you buy a kit and then send away saliva or scrapings from your cheek, to get your genetic history has certainly lead to many…
wh Law Blog
How Is Custody Handled in Arkansas if the Parents Were Never Married?
By Wh Law
Arkansas courts consider the rights of both parents to equal degrees when looking at custody cases. However, when the parents were never married, the father may need to go through…
Queens Estate Law Blog
How non-marital children prove paternity in NY estates? Estate of Castellano
By Jason Stern
On March 22, 2016, Douglas Castellano was found murdered inside his home. An autopsy revealed the 69 year…
Talkov Law Blog
California’s Child Custody Rights for Unmarried Parents [FAQ’s]
Establishing paternity – or determining “who is the father?” – plays a key role in legal issues such as child support. Unfortunately, establishing paternity may be more complicated than it…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
DNA testing of child necessary after failure to show presumption of paternity
Child has right to know who parents are: Saskatchewan Court of Appeal
Family Law Prof Blog
Japan’s 300-Day Rule on Ex-Husband’s Legal Paternity
By Family Law
From The Mainichi:In Japan, a 300-day rule would allow a woman's ex-husband to obtain paternity of her child born within 300 days of their divorce regardless whether she had remarried.…
Kowalski Family Law Blog
When a Paternity Adjudication May Not Be in Child’s Best Interest
A new statute has established that a paternity adjudication may not always be in the best interest of the child, even if genetic testing has already occurred. As noted in…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
For out-of-wedlock children, what counts as a “written acknowledgment” of paternity?
The U.S. has the world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households. Against this backdrop it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that questions about paternity are a…
A Lawyer's Blog
GENETIC TESTING AND PATERNITY ISSUES
MATTER OF RYAN ME v. SHELBY S., 191 AD 3d 1315 - (4th Dept. 2021):"...It is well established that "the existence of a valid acknowledgment of paternity does not bar…
Legal Profession Blog
What A Difference A Day Makes
The Louisiana Supreme Court has suspended an attorney for misconduct in the course of representing a client seeking to overturn his previous concession of paternityThe heartland of respondent’s misconduct is…