Paternity is often a delicate issue and one that can have a tremendous legal and emotional impact on both parents and children. Establishing paternity provides parents with the legal leverage to assert their rights to child support, child custody, and other entitlements. Though advances in DNA testing have made the question of the father’s identity relatively easy to solve conclusively, this particular area of family law has grown more complex in light of difficult issues concerning the parental rights and responsibilities of biological and non-biological fathers. At Violet P. Woodhouse, APC in Newport Beach serving Huntington Beach and all of Orange County, our paternity lawyers have extensive experience in handling family legal matters such as divorce, legal separation, and others in which establishing paternity may be crucial to helping individuals assert their parental rights.
Though paternity is often presumed when the parents of a child are married, a mother and father may establish paternity, whether they are married or not, by adding the father's name to the child's birth record. When the paternity of a child is in dispute, the mother or father may file a paternity action. A judge may then order DNA testing to be performed to verify irrefutably the identity of the child's father.
Determining a child's paternity is a crucial step to protecting a range of rights and benefits to which children and parents may be entitled. At Violet P. Woodhouse, APC in Newport Beach serving Huntington Beach and other Orange County communities, our paternity lawyers take aggressive action on behalf of clients and their children to ensure that these rights are acknowledged and the resulting benefits are awarded justly.
Paternity creates a legal relationship that confers to both parents and children certain inherent financial obligations and benefits. Consequently, challenges to paternity arise most often during disputes concerning child support, custody, and visitation. However, establishing paternity grants other benefits to children, including:
Whether you are a father attempting to preserve custody and visitation rights or a mother trying to secure financial support so that you may provide for your child, the attorneys at our Newport Beach firm near Huntington Beach can help. Our paternity lawyers provide clients with the representation they need to resolve this highly complex and contentious family legal issue favorably and effectively. Contact Violet P. Woodhouse, APC to schedule a consultation today.
Contact our Newport Beach firm near Huntington Beach to review your paternity case with our lawyers. We provide experienced representation to help you and your child assert your rights and obtain the benefits to which you both are entitled.
Violet P. Woodhouse, APC
Newport Beach, CA
2 Corporate Plaza
Suite 250
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Phone (949) 640-8861
Fax (949) 640-8862