When your child might not be your child

[Elfin]

If a woman gets pregnant and tells an ex-partner that he is the father, she has the child, he supports her and brings the child up and subsequently finds out that he is not the father, what is the legal position?

[Ashley]

Assuming that the parties are unmarried the situation is pretty straightforward. There is no legal tie between the child and the male. The man registered as the father on the birth certificate is presumed to be the father, but this is rebuttable and as such proving that the child is not theres will sever the tie- blood testing/DNA testing can prove this conclusively, although circumstantial evidence such as impossible gestation period or unlikely conception can be used. Hope this helps.

[nrmatth]

i know of a couple of instances here in the u.s. where women were able to get child support from long term partners who were known not to be the father of the children. so get a good lawyer and see where you stand

[clcandj]

DNA testing. But basically he should just let it go with the fact that he is a good man,hard to find these days. Afterall he must love the child because he raised her as his own. Don't you agree.

[Yinzer]

I think he is legally authorised to beat the "shizzle" out of that trashy two-timing bi-otch. Maybe he can still get visitation rights since he raised the kid and grew to be what a true father is, but I don't think he can get any money or property off of her. If she's not a completely terrible person than hopefully she'll work things out with you without needing the legal system to intervene.