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District of Columbia Biological Mother's Affidavit Concerning Paternity
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March 16, 2020 Author: remsenlaw. Establishing paternity is the legal process of identifying the biological father of a child, usually for purposes of child support, custody, and visitation.
The law cannot force a paternity test. This means that a potential father can refuse to submit to testing, even after the mother, child, and other potential fathers have been tested. However, the refusal is not without penalty.
Establishing paternity ensures a father's legal rights and various rights and privileges for their children, such as rights to inheritance, father's medical and life insurance benefits, and Social Security and veterans' benefits, plus access to paternal family health history.
Birth certificate. If a birth certificate declares the father and he signs it, this is a legally binding qualification of paternity. DNA test. Court order.
If you wish to challenge paternity, the process begins when the legal father files a Petition to Disestablish Paternity. In a court of law, disestablishment of paternity may be granted under these circumstances: If the child's mother, biological father and legal father voluntarily consent to change the status.
For example, in a paternity fraud case, the judge may hold a person in contempt for lying or falsifying information about the paternity test. When this occurs, the judge may issue a contempt order, which can result in criminal charges.
If a mother refuses to determine paternity for legal reasons, a court can order a paternity test be carried out. A mother has to give her consent for children to have a DNA test but the court can override any refusal if it considers it's in the child's best interest for the sample to be taken.