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Until paternity is established an unmarried male has no legal rights to a minor child. In such a case as cited, the man in question could only be involved in the child's life if the biological parent(s) agreed.

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Does the father have to pay for the court ordered paternity test?

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.


What happens if you are not the biological father of a child?

If you are not the biological father of a child, you may not have legal rights or responsibilities for that child, such as custody or child support. It is important to establish paternity to determine parental rights and obligations.


If your husband abandoned you and your 7-year-old child at 2 months and has served you divorce papers and says child is not his will the courts award child support if paternity test proves him the dad?

Yes the courts will award child support if the paternity test proves that he is the father. But that doesn't mean he will pay it.


What do mean of paternal acknoledgement?

It means that a man who is the biological father of a child admits it is his child. He acknowledges paternity or fatherhood.


What are the differences between a biological father and a legal father?

A biological father is a man who contributes genetic material to the conception of a child, while a legal father is a man who has been recognized as the father of a child by law, often through marriage or paternity establishment.


At what stage can a doctor confirm the biological father of an unborn child?

You can't confirm the father of an unborn child, but once the baby is born a paternity test can be done


How can you go about proving you are not the biological father of a child you're paying child support for?

The only was to prove this is with a court-ordered paternity test.


Not my biological child do i have to child support if we were married?

That's dependent on state laws, but 30 states have file paternity fraud laws. see link Paternity is presumed if the parents were married when the child was conceived/born. The presumption may be rebutted by the biological father's acknowledgment, or by genetic testing.


Can you make your boyfriend pay child maintenance?

If he is the biological father yes. You should go to court, request a paternity test and sue him for child support.


If your name is on the birth certificate are you the legal father?

No he is then the father of the child but in order to get rights he has to go to court and prove paternity first in order to get visitation, custody and pay child support. If married to the mother when the child is born, he is automatically considered the father and have rights.


Can a father sign his child's birth certificate after fourteen years?

Yes he may. Age has nothing to do with paternity. If you are the child's biological father, you have the right to sign the child's birth certificate or an affidavit of parental acknowledgement.


How can a father cancel child support?

[if you're the obligor] Show the court that: you have custody of the child; the child is deceased; the child has been adopted; the child is emancipated; the child has attained majority; and/or you have no income other than public assistance; AND, you do not owe any past-due support.