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The topic of paternity testing is somewhat a difficult topic to understand by everybody. It is not an ordinary issue that you can talk with family when having a drink together. How...

There is an urban legend that over thirty percent of all children are not born of their appointed father; instead, they are the products of adultery. Because of this long-standing ...

In 1993, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) granted American men and women up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off from their jobs for the birth or adoption of a child. This...

With the dawn of the new era of technology, everything seems to be possible under the sun. With high tech gadgets and innovative devices, you can detect a fingerprint, a person lyi...

The words ?DNA testing? are most commonly associated with DNA paternity testing. We hear the term most often on television talk shows or perhaps in television courtrooms. Patern...

With the breakdown of many family safeguards we in society, the need to establish paternity for children is becoming more critical than ever. It's no secret that the court system ...

Before you can understand the importance of paternity testing, you must first understand the DNA element involved and why DNA is used to establish paternity. DNA is the pattern fo...

The dawn of the DNA test Back in the 1700s, the best way to determine paternity was by a good hard look and the child, followed by a good hard look at the father. Enough coincid...

Do you need to prove who the father of your baby is? There are many reasons that this may need to be done, child support and family medical history are two of the most com...

If you have a reason to question whether or not your are the father of a baby, then you need to have legal paternity testing completed. This is the only sure way to know f...

â??It takes a village to raise a childâ?? is more than an African proverb, and when the village is small and one parent is missing the task becomes even more challenging. Fortun...

The French legislation has passed a law which prohibits testing for paternity without the involvement of the court system. Article 16-11 of the civil code states that in order fo...

The last decade has witnessed the most impressive advancements in genetic technology. The proposal of deciphering the complete sequence of the human genome some 16 years ago has un...

Paternity Testing Regulation: Help or Hindrance? The French legislature created a law that prohibits conducting a paternity test without the involvement of the court system. Art...

"Do you exercise every day? If you want to live a long, healthy life, maybe you should. A recent study by Timothy Wessel, a physician at the University of Florida, indicates one o...

Mothers and fathers have a duty to maintain their children even if they have never lived together. This duty continues until the child reaches the age of 18, unless the child is...

DNA tests are becoming more and more popular but should you have a DNA test? Before deciding to have a DNA test there are a number of things you need to consider. In this article w...

DNA paternity testing in its purest form is the application of DNA technology to provide information about the parentage of an individual (usually a child). The mother of the ch...

Paternity Rights And Challenging The Obligation To Pay Child Maintenance (Victoria) By: Michael Pickering - LAC Lawyers Mothers and fathers have a duty to maintain their children ...

DNA paternity testing has been a virtual godsend for many fathers or potential fathers over the years, and a curse for others. While once in the realm of science fiction, it is now...