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What is Paternity and How Can It Be Established?

Posted in On March 13, 2024

In determining the rights and responsibilities both parents have towards a child, establishing paternity may simplify the process. In Indiana, paternity provides a child born outside of marriage a legal father. Establishing paternity outlines a father’s legal rights and responsibilities towards a child. Additionally, establishing paternity can aid in issues revolving around child custody, parenting time, and child support. Resolving paternity issues may allow a child the rightful ability to bond with both parents. How…

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Paternity Affidavits in Indiana

Posted in On June 11, 2017

A paternity affidavit is a legal document that, “permits a man and a woman to declare, under penalty of perjury, that the man is the biological father of a child”.  Paternity affidavits are not required to prove paternity when a child is born during a marriage or within 300 days of a divorce.  In those situations, the husband of the biological mother is presumed to be the biological father of the child. For situations where…

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