Paternity

It could be a nightmare to parents if a DNA test provides a false result. It’s important for parents in Michigan to know the paternity of their children for several reasons, of one which could be for health reasons. But the DNA industry in the United States and other...

It’s important for most men to know that they’re the biological fathers to the children they call their own. But when paternity tests have been skewed and a man who believed he fathered a child realizes that’s not actually the case, it can be devastating. Michigan...

There are many reasons the biological father of a child should be known. Paternity tests are taken in Michigan primarily in regard to child custody, child support and visitation issues. But what happens when either the mother or the alleged father refuses a...

Some fathers don’t understand that having a child out of wedlock can lead to issues for them. When you have a child and aren’t married to the mother and haven’t established your legal rights in court, the mother has every opportunity to cut you off from seeing your...

Maybe you discovered that your spouse cheated on you. Now you worry that she cheated throughout the whole relationship. Although the state of Michigan assumes you are the father of your child because of your marriage, you have your doubts now and want a test before...

Paternity is an important legal topic in the realm of family law. That is because it is through paternity testing that a man be proven to be a child's father. Though in many cases a man may be known or presumed to be a child's father, in other situation a Michigan man...

Establishing paternity is an important part of proving that a relationship exists between a man and a child. In Michigan, a man may be asked to submit to genetic testing in order to demonstrate or disprove his affiliation with a child. If he is found to be the child's...

When a child is born to unmarried parents in Michigan who are no longer in a relationship with one another, if the father wishes to pursue custody or visitation rights or if the mother wishes to pursue child support from the father, paternity needs to be established....

Sometimes, when a child in Michigan is born to unmarried parents, both parents will agree to sign an Affidavit of Parentage form. Doing so establishes paternity, meaning that the child's mother can subsequently seek child support from the child's father, and the...