Paternity
General Information About Paternity
What is establishing paternity?Establishing paternity is the way to legally determine the father of a child who is born to an unmarried woman. Signing the father’s name on a birth certificate is...
Paternity Affidavit
What is a paternity affidavit? When a child is born to an unmarried woman, the parents need to take action if they want to establish paternity. One way to do this is by signing a paternity ...
Putative Father Registry
What is the Putative Father Registry? This is a way that a man who thinks he might be the father of a child can “tell the world” that he believes he might be the father. Then if the mother is...
Who has Custody of a Child Born Outside of Marriage?
When an unmarried mother has a child, the mother has legal custody of that child until a court says otherwise.[Note: You can click on the question to go directly to the answer to that question, or...
