We have seen many, many cases in which fathers have come to us, distraught with the sudden discovery that the child (sometimes children) they’d known and loved was not their…
Judges will typically award joint custody these days, especially when they believe the arrangement is in the best interests of the children. However, many fathers feel that the court is…
A man unrelated by blood or marriage to a child can assert a claim of paternity to that child under certain circumstances. In Family Code Section 7611(d) we find a…
We've looked at the primary three scenarios for establishing paternity, or parentage, of a child when the child is conceived, as we termed it, "the old fashioned way." Now we…
We've dealt with the parentage scenario in which a woman was involved with a man to whom she was not married, but with whom she was living, while involved with…
It may seem that I am going to spend a little too much time on this subject, but I think it is important for men to know their rights -…
The goal of some men is to become the "legal" or "adjudicated" Father of a child, sometimes when that child is not their own biological baby. The goal of other…
