Document related to Paternity are grouped below:

Legal Education

  DNA Paternity Testing Centre - Paternity testing information for the state of Ohio. 

  Establishing Paternity Of A Child - In order to receive child support, the paternity of a child must be established. The Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services offers the following answers to questions regarding paternity. 

  Grandparent's Rights with Regard to Grandchildren - This brochure discusses grandparents' rights with respect to obtaining child support and visitation rights with their grandchildren. 

  Paternity Net - Paternity cases outnumber divorce filings in many courts. If the alleged father signs a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, the courts don't have to decide parentage, but custody, visitation and child support often remain at issue. However, if legal paternity is at issue, i.e. the alleged father (and sometimes the mother) denies paternity, the parent who wishes to establish paternity must bring a paternity suit or action.  

  Rights of Cohabitants: People Who Live Together But are Not Married - How to protect yourself if the relationship ends 

  Central Paternity Registry - The purpose of the registry is to collect and process all paternity documents initiated by the CSEA's, hospitals, vital statistics registrars and courts. The registry extracts specific data elements from each document. View this document to learn more about this registry. 

Find additional information in these related topics within the Ohio Law Library:

 Adoption & Foster Care
 Child Custody
 Visitation
 Divorce
 Spousal Support & Other Marital Rights
 Child Support
 Child Care
 Domestic Violence
 Wills and Probate
 Courts and The Law

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