Cesar C. v. Alicia L: Sans a successful challenge to the paternity acknowledgment, the act had the effect of establishing the father’s legal paternity.
By Laura Morgan, Family Law Consultant
Acknowledgment of paternity, which was not challenged by mother, signed by mother and putative father on the day following child’s birth established putative father’s paternity, for purposes of putative father’s complaint to establish paternity, custody, and child support, and thus, genetic testing to determine whether putative father could be excluded as child’s father was irrelevant.
Laura Morgan is a Family Law Consultant. Laura is available for consultation, brief writing and research on family law issues throughout the country. She can be reached through her Web site.
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