Im 18 almost 19 & Im 29 weeks pregnant, the father of my baby knows Im pregnant & refuses to accept that, he says the baby isn't his & Im lying, but I wasn't with any1 else when I conceived. He told me to leave him alone & stay out of his life, my parents think I should leave him alone because my baby & I are better off without him, but my doctor & a couple other people think I should get a paternity test & file for child support. I don't know what to do. I want to do what's best for my baby, should I ask for a paternity test & hope that he either signs his rights over or has changed or should I live & let live? I also think my baby & I are better off without him in our lives I just need some more advice.

I'm doing a study on IQ and how people consider themselves compared to their mother and father and how they view parents compared to each other.

Your answers would help a lot...thanx

How can I get access to DNA for a paternity test?
My daughter's biological father was murdered two years ago. His DNA is still on file at the coroner's office. I desperately need to have a paternity test performed but his parent's are refusing to give me permission. I can't see how this is fair or right. What can I do?
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The paternity test needs to be performed for my daughter to recieve survivor's benefits. I "desperately" need to get this done as there is a time limit. As far as the relationship went, he left when I was 4 mths pregnant and never looked back. I could never locate him to try and get a paternity test performed for child support and was notified by SSI of his death.
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Oh, and I've never met his parents. They know of me, but much like their son want nothing to do with me or their "grandaughter".

There is limited chance that I will find my bio-parents until the state I am from opens up the records (fingers crossed it will be soon!), but I am thinking of doing this DNA test for ancestry just for fun (I doubt it is all that reliable, but still would be interesting). If money wasn't an object, would you give it a try? And would you do your paternal or maternal line?

http://www.dnaancestryproject.com/index.php

can I take my son in for a paternity test without my wife knowing?we are married and I don't have any reason to do it,but am just curious on if they need dna swab from both parents or just me and my son???Just for useless knowledge not cause I want to do it....

This topic came up just as an ethical discussion between me and my fiance and I wanted to ask the public because it is a very interesting debate.
If paternity can be proven while a woman is pregnant (say it's a simple mandatory test, there are ways now, but risky tests like amnio's) and the father is established, should he have rights to the unborn baby?

When the baby is born and a father is classified, he then has legal rights to that child. But what about before then?
If a man wants the woman to carry the child and not abort, why can't he have a say?
I know it's her body, but it's their child, that doesn't seem fair at all to me. Especially when women use that excuse when men don't want to pay child support for a child they didn't want in the first place but the woman decided against abortion or adoption.
If it takes two to tango, why does it only take 1 to decide the fate of an embryo how is that fair in the least?

If the man had a legal say, I understand how things would be a whole lot more complicated, who would chose the fate of the child if both parents disagree'd so on and so forth, I guess I just feel that if a man wants to care for his child, he should be given that opportunity because men can mourn the loss of a baby in abortion-especially if he's the one that really wanted that baby. I just feel so torn as a woman because men like this are one in a million and the men that get charged child support for children they didn't want are a dime a dozen.

I am wondering about my child because my wife and I have had a rocky past,I don't really want her to know,is it possible to take a home paternity test without her signature,I have read somewhere that both parents have to fill out a form,is there anyway around this?is it true?

I am seeking visitations with my daughter. Its a long story. I was approached by a lady online in which we hit it off instantly and become involved in a relationship. She was married at the time and left her husband for me. In this time she became pregnant and eventually ended up going back to her husband. When her husband left to go to Iraq she wanted to continue seeing me afraid that maybe her husband might change his mind about accepting my daughter into their family. I have been having visitations with my daughter and seeing her mother every since he left. She started talking things over with him via email and phone. I guess because maybe she was feeling guilty. As it stands right now they want me to go to court and get a paternity test ordered and if in fact I am found to be the biological father then have visitations and child support determined by the court. One other thing he had a vasectomy done about 10 years ago in the military from what I have been told. They also are offering to try to settle things out of court as far as visitations go if I am found to be the biological father. I look forward to your reply as soon as you can find the time. I work from 5am till 3:30pm M-F but I take a lunch break from 12pm to 12:30pm. Feel free to contact me during my lunch break or after work anytime. I also have emails and instant messages from the mother as proof to all of this. I just want to be able to be apart of my daughters life. It is not her fault what has happened. I think she has the right to know both her parents and I will not turn my back on her. Thank You very much for your time.

My father wants to get a paternity test so that he could eventually get custody of his child, however he delivered his child himself thats why he hasn't gotten one yet. However, the mother will not comply with him apparently, so must both parents be present at the time of the paternity test?

I am in this little situation where a friend of mine has a child, but a few years has gone by because her parents did not approve of the relationship (it was an interracial relationship). So after she got older and got a place of her own she say the father in the store and told him how old his son was (he already knew he had a son with her).

Now he is saying he is not the father after he saw their son and spent almost of month with him bonding. Now all of a sudden he says the child is not his. The only thing I could tell her was to take a DNA test, but he does not want to take one. I believe he knows deep down this is his child. So my question is when they attend court when the judge ask him if he believes the child is his and he says no, then when the judge also ask if he's willing to take a DNA test and he says no could the courts make him take the test considering she is on public assistance from the government? Does the court have the power to do that for the sake of the child parentage.

(I would greatly appreciate if some family attorneys were able to answer my question, but anyone who knows the answer feel free to answer)

Thank you in advance!!

Okay so my boyfriend's parents are psychotic... him and I have a 5 1/2 month old daughter and are temporarily living with them until we get married in August )they don't know we're getting married... they also don't know we're pregnant again and I don't want them knowing) and they told him that he had to get a paternity test done on our daughter otherwise I can't live there anymore and they'll file for custody... like they're psychotic so he did it. So we have to go to court... but on the court papers it says that the court will set up proper parenting times like visitation... well how the hell does that work if we live together and are getting married? Should I get a lawyer? What are they going to ask us at court and tell us (he's trying to establish parentage). Thanks.