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Paternity
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Family Law Prof Blog
Ohio Family Sues Fertility Clinic After Finding Out Father And Daughter Are Not Related
By Family Law
From NBC News:An Ohio family using a home DNA test found that their 25-year-old daughter is not related to her father, according to a lawsuit they filed against a hospital…
Feher Law Blog
How the case of Simmonds v. Perkins can impact your life
In Florida, until recently, the law has a presumption was that any child born to a married woman was her husband’s child. This means that if you have been separated…
Family Law Prof Blog
Fertility Doctor Secretly Fathering Child
By Family Law
From ABC News:Eve Wiley’s story wasn’t always so complicated. She was born in 1987 and grew up in Center, Texas, a small town just a few miles from the Louisiana border.…
Family Law Prof Blog
Twins Ordered to Pay Child Support After Inconclusive Paternity Test
By Family Law
From New York Post:Identical twin brothers in Brazil have both been ordered to pay child support to a young girl after allegedly impersonating each other to trick as many women…
Family Law Prof Blog
Brazilian Twin Brothers Forced to Pay Child Support After Inconclusive Paternity Test
By Family Law
From Fox News:Twin brothers in Brazil are being forced to each pay child support after a paternity test was unable to confirm who the father of a newborn baby is.The…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Brazilian Identical Twins Both Ordered to Pay Maintenance
Identical twin brothers in Brazil that were using their matching looks to date as many women as possible and defend themselves if they were caught cheating are finally paying the…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Steve Bing’s Father Says Granddaughter Will Inherit NOTHING
20-year-old Kira Kerkorian Bing was raised believing she was the daughter of casino tycoon Kirk Kerkorian (who had been married to her mother, Lisa Bonder, for 28 days in 1999),…
Family Law Prof Blog
DNA Testing
By Family Law
The advice column at the Chicago Tribune looks at DNA testing again, here.
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Man Claiming to be William Shatner’s Long-Lost Son Wants to Take Actor’s Name
Peter Sloan, a 62 year old man from Florida, petitioned the Pinellas County court to have his last name changed to that of the man he believes to be his…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Deceased Millionaire’s Family Sues After DNA Test Reveals Heir isn’t Related
Elis Gosta Hjukstrom, a resident of Vancouver that previously immigrated from Sweden, was a self-made millionaire through his import and distribution business in Canada. He passed away in 2017 of…