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Disestablishing or Challenging Paternity, Establishing Paternity, Paternity & Child Support, Paternity Court Proceedings, Paternity, Parenting Plans & Timesharing, Rights of Unmarried Parents
Understanding the Challenges of Being an Unmarried Parent In Florida, the legal rights of unmarried parents can look very different from those of married couples. Without a legal marriage, important issues like custody, visitation, and child support are not automatically clear. To ensure both parents and children are protected, it’s essent...
Key Highlights Fathers need to establish paternity. This helps them have legal rights and responsibilities for their kids. In Florida, paternity can be established by choice or through court-ordered testing. Once paternity is confirmed, fathers are required to provide financial support for their children. Child custody and time-...
Understanding the intricacies of child support and visitation rights, especially for unmarried parents, can be complex. In Florida, comprehending these matters' legal framework is crucial for the child's well-being and the parents involved. Attorney Grant Gisondo, a board-certified family and divorce attorney in Palm Beach Gardens, is your tr...
Sometimes the issue of deciding the biological and or legal paternity of a child is best done through the courts and thus letting a judge make the final decision. In Part one of this blog, the out-of-court ways to establish who the real and or legal father of a child are discussed. This part will tell you about using the Family Courts for a p...
Definition of “paternity” as found in Merriam-Webster dictionary, “the quality or state of being a father”. In other words, the man who fathers a child is considered to have the paternity of that child. While this may seem obvious to a man who thinks he is the father of a child, there can sometimes be a situation when his paternity or...
In reality, the answer to both questions is “it depends on the complexity of the case, the backlog of the court, competency of representing council, and how fast facts, proof, and witnesses can be appropriated and put together. As each state has their own set of guidelines, as found in their statutes, there is no absolute amount of time pre...
Disestablishment of paternity essentially means that a male who has been adjudicated to pay child support for a child thought to be fathered by him, has proof that he is, in fact, not the biological father of said child and desires the court to eliminate him (disestablish) as the father (paternity). Quite naturally the alleged father does not...
