Understanding Paternity Presumptions During Marriage and Divorce
My name is Palmer Johnson. I’m a family law attorney in Tulsa, Oklahoma and today I’m going to talk about what happens if you have a child while you are married and the child’s father is not the person you are married to. In that scenario, any child born in the marriage will be presumed to be the child of your spouse.
In other words, if you were to become pregnant in between filing for divorce or finalizing your divorce, that child would be listed as a child of the marriage and you would need to have a denial of paternity form executed by the presumed father, your husband, and then the actual father to execute an acknowledgment of paternity to rebut that presumption that your spouse is not the father of that child. Otherwise, they would be obligated to pay child support.
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So there can be several different variations of this same fact pattern and the exact scenario and how it can be handled, but these are all questions that can be addressed and we can guide you through that process. If you find yourself having a problem like this and need to explore what your options are, you can contact a Tulsa paternity determination attorney at tulsa.moms.law and I would be more than happy to help sort out all those legal issues for you.
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