Paternity

Texas law regarding parenthood of a child makes it relatively easy to establish a parenting relationship. As we noted in a post last November, all that's required is for two a man and woman to sign a document called an Acknowledgment of Paternity. The ease of the...

Because paternity can be established in Texas through both biological parents signing an Acknowledgement of Paternity, there is room for error in the absence of scientific testing. Although an individual may believe himself to be the father of a child, later...

Some unmarried parents in Texas may not believe that establishing paternity is very important when a child is born, but doing so provides several advantages for both parents and for the child. Establishing paternity means that the biological father of a child born to...

In Texas, paternity cases may be filed in order to determine whether a man is a child's biological father. Paternity can be established by court order, through presumption or through the voluntary acknowledgment of a man that he is the father. Men may want to...

Texas parents may want to know more about paternity suits and how they work. A paternity suit is used to legally determine a biological parent. Paternity suits may be brought by a parent wanting to maintain a relationship with a child or by a parent seeking child...

One veteran has filed a lawsuit concerning the adoption of his biological daughter which occurred against his wishes.  He sued an adoption agency in one particular state for allowing the adoption to take place.While he was serving in Iraq, this former girlfriend...

A Texas parent has been involved in a lengthy legal battle to assert his parental rights concerning his 2-year-old son.  The Texas Attorney General's Office had filed an action recognizing the father's paternity back in November 2012.  Yet it appears that the mother...