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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not commonplace and a court is unlikely to order a DNA test because DNA tests are not conclusive of legal paternity.[/quote]

Being named on the birth certificate and taking care of them as a father is all that's required legally, even if the DNA says they're not his biological children. [/quote]
Agree. 
In fact, courts have required non-biological fathers to pay child support if they were on the birth certificate and had acted as the father to the child during marriage.[/quote]

They have held non-biological fathers accountable for being named and not consenting to being named on the BC even when they have a biological father via tests.  The system is really messed up.  They should require paternity to be done at birth and for child support automatically now.[/quote]

Where are fathers not consenting to being named on the birth certificate? I googled it but couldn’t find anything. My DH has to sign it himself, I couldn’t just write any guy’s name on there.

The court system wants what is in the child’s best interest, not the father’s. It’s not the child’s fault and they shouldn’t have a lower quality of life because their father suddenly changed his mind. And a birth certificate is a legal document that you will be responsible for that child, regardless of whether they are biologically yours or not. If a man isn’t interested in that kind of commitment, don’t sign it until you get a test, and don’t have kids.

It would be highly invasive, unethical, and unnecessary to require paternity tests at birth. They’re available and men can request them before signing anything. If they choose not to before signing a legal document, that’s on them.

Plus, it goes both ways. If the law states men who aren’t biologically the father don’t have parental responsibilities, then they also wouldn’t have parental rights. Which means the mother could deny the father access to his children, even if he has spent years raising them and wants to continue being their parent.

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Some states don't require the father to sign anything.  Its not invasive or unethical as women lie all the time about it.  No, if they are not the biological father, they could lose their rights which has happened but still required to pay child support.  That the issue.  Even when men were involved, pay child support moms can deny visitation and the courts do very little.

But, this is about the nephew demanding paternity tests probably for inheritance but they should not be allowed inheritance and if they did a paternity test without consent on a dead body something is very off.[/quote]

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