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Family Law: Paternity
Find local court forms and rules - Use this tool to find and link to the webpages of local courts that contain that court's local rules and forms. Not all courts have a website or have posted local rules or forms to their website.
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.
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.
Other Resources
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.
Related Library Topics
Annulment
Child Custody
Child Support
Co-Habiting (Unmarried) Partners
Legal Separation, Divorce and Dissolution
Marriage
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