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During the course of domestic proceedings, paternity may be at issue. There are, of course, original paternity actions, but paternity may also be at issue for related cases. For example, a third party seeking to modify custody or get a guardianship of a child will need to explore if paternity has been established before filing. So, who can file a…
In domestic cases, there may be a number of experts that are called upon to testify during a hearing. For example, a doctor may testify about a child’s medical condition, a CPA may testify about the value of a business, or a clinical psychologist may testify about a custody evaluation performed. However, there are limitations to who is an expert…
When a child is born out of wedlock, legal issues that may arise fall under paternity actions. Paternity actions are quite similar to divorce actions, and oftentimes, statutes from paternity law mirror statues from divorce law. However, there are some differences and complexities with paternity that are not faced in divorce. One example is the surname of the child(ren). In…
Previously, we examined some of the proposed changes to the Indiana Parenting Time Guidelines1. A new step has been made toward this transition to new rules. The Family Law Committee has reviewed the comments about the proposed new rules, and the Indiana Supreme Court will now review and approve or deny same. There are several substantial changes in the proposed…
Divorce and paternity actions are often complex when the parties involved are the predictable ones – mother, father, and child. However, not all divorce and paternity actions are so clean-cut. In many instances, because the concept of “family” is expanding and evolving significantly in this century, there are others involved. Maybe there are stepchildren or half siblings involved as families…
advocates are frequently presented questions about how to establish paternity and why that is different than just raising a child. This is indeed a vast difference. Many people hold themselves out to be parents and raise children born outside of wedlock without too much difficulty, although school registration and health care are problematic. In the rest of the cases, paternity…
“We love each other, but are not married and want to make sure we do it right and give our baby the dad’s name.” At Dixon & Moseley, we have handled virtually every type of Indiana paternity case, from the straightforward in establishing paternity to the novel and unusual, such as challenging DNA results. The area is fairly technical since…