No. A doctor always need the patient's consent.
Yes. It can be requested by the unmarried father or the mother.
Yes, a court ordered one.
Yes. First paternity must be established legally.If paternity is established through the court ordered DNA test the mother can request child support for the time during which no child support was paid by the father prior to the DNA test.
Paternity must be established before support is established. Paternity may be established by the father's acknowledgment of paternity in open court.
That's generally the case, especially if paternity has not been established, unless the courts have ordered otherwise.
No, that is a different matter. The mother is not required to take a test for reasons that are obvious. In rare cases of physical abandonment or other such issues a DNA test might be ordered for the mother.
I'd say she can unless ordered not to do so.
Paternity lawyers handle cases when the mother or father is curious of who may be the biological mother or father. They would refer them to have a paternity test and litigate from there.
If the court has established a child support order, violating the order and refusing to pay child support carries penalties up to and including jail time. If the order was established before a paternity test can be taken, you must still pay the child support. If the paternity test reveals that you are not the father, you will be reimbursed for the child support that you paid.
The only paternity test that is valid in court is one ordered by a judge. If this test is being done to determine paternity, it must be conducted at a facility approved by the court and in a manner approved by the court. If the court ordered him to a paternity test, the court will tell him which facilities are on the list. Contact the court.
Only a court can order a paternity test. The individual must petition the court first. The court will order the test, which is done under very specific conditions to assure that the right individuals are tested. The mother of a child has no obligation to subject a child to any testing simply based on the request of another person. When the court orders the test, the mother must then comply. The only paternity test a mother must submit the child for is one ordered by a judge. A court-ordered paternity test must be done under specific conditions to assure that the swabs are indeed from the individuals in question and that the results are processed by a lab certified by the courts. The father must petition the court for the test. There will be a hearing and the mother (or guardian) of the child will be instructed of the court order and told how to proceed.
To established that you are the father or mother.