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LEGITIMATION/PATERNITY
The Law Offices of Tonya C. Boga
"Advocacy For Fathers who want to maintain a strong healthy relationship with their children"
If you have a child by a woman who you are not married to and do not later marry her, you will need to file an action to legitimate the child. You will not have any legal rights to your child if you do not legitimate your child. Legitimation is the first step before you may obtain any form of custody or parenting time (also known as visitation). Another form of relief that you may be able to obtain in a legitimation proceeding is changing your child's last name to yours.
A father of a child born out of wedlock may render the same legitimate by petitioning the Superior Court of the county in the county of residence of the child, or, if a petition for the adoption of the child is pending, the county in which the adoption petition is filed for legitimation of the child.
If your child(ren)'s mother files an action to establish paternity and to establish child support for you, you may file a counterclaim in that action to legitimate your child.
If you want to legitimate your child and establish your custodial rights and parenting time, give us a call at 770.723.7211.
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