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Can a man legally be assumed to be the biological father of a child — even if he is not?

By Mahoning Matters 05/28/2021 \”…With few exceptions, that presumption could not be rebutted. If a man married to a woman when a child was born was capable of procreation and had “access” for the nine months prior to birth, he was the child’s father. Period…\” Read the entire article: https://www.mahoningmatters.com/community-columns/your-legal-rights-can-a-man-legally-be-assumed-to-be-the-biological-father-of-a-child-even-if-he-is-not-3817511 info

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Should sperm donor owe child support? Ruling will be in NC, but Virginia law will apply

By Charlotte Observer 06/21/2021 \”…In an odd how-do-you-do, North Carolina’s second-highest court said Virginia laws, which treat sperm donors as different legal entities than fathers, govern the case. North Carolina statutes, on the other hand, do not draw legal distinctions between biologically fathering a child and qualifying as a child’s actual father. In fact, the

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Court sides with father who tried to stop daughter\’s adoption

By Washington Times-Herald 06/22/2021 \”…Paternity was not established until she was 10 months old, and once paternity test results became available in 2017, he filed his objection to the adoption…\” Read the entire article: https://www.washtimesherald.com/indiana/news/appellate-court-sides-with-father-who-tried-to-stop-daughters-adoption-in-madison-county/article_46e21da0-8b81-5257-a1c0-18f28bc63c02.html info

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\”I don\’t know who the father of my child is\” 

By East Coast Radio 06/23/2021 \”…Paternity fraud refers to when a man has been incorrectly identified as the child\’s biological father. \”Misattributed paternity\” refers to when the mother might have accidentally misidentified the father, while \”paternity fraud\” is deliberate…\” Read the entire article: https://www.ecr.co.za/shows/stacey-jsbu/i-dont-know-who-father-my-child-kzn-listener/ info

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When I learned a family secret, I changed the marker on my parents’ grave

By The Dallas Morning News 06/20/2021 \”… Neither my mother nor my dad ever knew that I found out I was not his biological daughter. My mother took her secret to this grave…\” Read the entire article: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/06/20/when-i-learned-a-family-secret-i-changed-the-marker-on-my-parents-grave/ info

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Genetic testing is changing our understanding of who fathers are

By The Washington Post 06/18/2021 \”…Close to 40 million at-home DNA tests have been sold, and hundreds of thousands of people, by my estimate based on population research, have gotten the news that the man they thought of as Dad is not their genetic father…\” Read the entire article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/dna-testing-fathers/2021/06/17/7f607c54-ce20-11eb-8cd2-4e95230cfac2_story.html info

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Court voids ruling that sperm donor must pay child support

By ABC News 06/16/2021 \”…When it comes to deciding whether a sperm donor should pay child support, a judge should follow the paternity laws of the state where the child is conceived, a North Carolina appeals court ruled this week…\” Read the entire article: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/court-voids-ruling-sperm-donor-pay-child-support-78319232 info

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\’It was immediately love at first sight\’ Idahoan meets biological father for the first time

By Idaho News 6 05/31/2021 \”…Moore was 10 years old when he found out the man he thought was his biological father was not, leading him on a 15-year search for his father, but he had no luck in finding any information…\” Read the entire article: https://www.kivitv.com/news/it-was-immediately-love-at-first-sight-idahoan-meets-biological-father-for-the-first-time info

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Man buys DNA test and discovers long-running \’joke\’ about family friend is true

By Mirror 05/11/2021 \”…He questioned her about it and says she \”shook me to my core\” by admitting that she had never been sure if his legal father is in fact his biological father…\” Read the entire article: https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/man-buys-dna-test-discovers-24083835 info

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