What if my husband is not the father of my child?

What if my husband is not the father of my child?

By law, the husband is the legal father of any child born to the wife during the marriage. If the husband is not the genetic father of the child (and he does not want to be the legal father), paternity of the child must be established before you can finish your divorce.

What legal rights does a married father have?

2 Parental Rights and Responsibilities Married fathers have an automatic right to: safeguard their child’s health and welfare. Fathers are required to do so by providing financial and emotional support as well as guidance to their child.

Can a married father lose parental responsibility?

In respect of a mother, the only way for a mother to lose her Parental Responsibility for that child is if the child is made subject to an Adoption Order. The Courts do not have the power to remove Parental Responsibility from a married father or mother save for an Adoption Order being made.

How often is the husband not the father?

The perceived “paternal discrepancy rate,” as it is called, ranges from less than 1 percent to as high as 30 percent in the various studies. Most researchers believe the rate is less than 10 percent.

What happens if you get pregnant by another man while married?

If a man fathers another woman’s child while he is married, his wife is not the legal mother of that child. As the legal father of the children born during his marriage, a husband may have custody and parenting time. He may also be responsible for providing child support and health insurance.

Can you remove a father’s parental rights?

Unless a child is adopted, parental responsibility cannot be removed from a biological mother and it is extremely rare for it to be removed from a father.

What makes a legal father?

A child’s legal father is: the mother’s husband or registered partner at the time of the child’s birth, unless his paternity of the child is denied; the man who acknowledges or adopts the child; the man who has been declared the child’s father by a court.