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Paternity
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Family Law Prof Blog
What is a Father?
By Family Law
From WPTV:A ruling in actor Jason Patric's custody battle could have repercussions for an unexpected population - women who use fertility treatments.Legal experts say an appellate court ruling issued Wednesday…
Family Law Prof Blog
Establishing Paternity
By Family Law
An interesting case from Indiana came down yesterday: can the state order genetic testing to establish paternity when there is no claim for support or custody because the baby was…
Family Law Prof Blog
What is a Father?
By Family Law
From the New York Times:He is a movie star who shot to fame on a motorcycle in “The Lost Boys.” She is a California massage therapist from a prominent East…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
Does an adjudication of paternity = “adoption” for purposes of Florida’s pretermitted child statute?
In 2004 James Maher's small twin-engine plane went missing somewhere over the jungle between Honduras and Costa Rica. His body was never found. Maher executed a valid will in 2001.…
Family Law Prof Blog
Uncertain Paternity
By Family Law
From Family Law Week:A survey for www.DNATestingChoice.com by YouGov suggests that 8% of fathers in the UK have been 'unsure that they are the biological father of their child'. Fathers…
Virginia Family Law Journal
Print Outs of Cell Phone Text Messages Admissible As Evidence.
By Rob Hagy
In re Paternity of B.B., the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that printouts of cellular telephone text messages from father to mother were properly authenticated. The father identified the telephone numbers…
Family Law Prof Blog
Delivery Man
By Family Law
From Professor Naomi Cahn (the George Washington University Law School), writing for the Huffington Post:In Delivery Man, Vince Vaughn stars in another one of his endearing, yet slightly slobbish, roles.…
Pennsylvania Family Law
NEW TWISTS IN THE CREEPING DOCTRINE OF PATERNITY BY ESTOPPEL
Attorneys sometimes read appellate cases and wonders “why?” This is one such case; a case with any easy result made complicated and difficult for reasons not easily understood. The facts…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
And in Michigan….
By John Kang
."...a man has no automatic right to paternity in Michigan if a child is born to a woman while she’s married to another man. The law has changed since John…
Minnesota Family Law Blog
Minnesota Paternity : Key Issues
By Jason Brown
Paternity in Minnesota involves key five issues: Adjudication: Paternity is established through genetic testing or execution of a Recognition of Parentage. Child Custody: Same standards as a dissolution action. Parenting…