Updated 2019 02 12: Installed a link to a court order in the case, and added links to related articles.
Legal paternity cannot be refused by a man who is not the biological father of a child.
Court denies father’s motion in child custody case
Marianas Variety; Jan.4, 2008
By Cherrie Anne E. Villahermosa
Variety News Staff
THE Superior Court has denied a man’s motion to set aside a judgment stating he is the biological father of a minor child.
The court said it is statutorily prohibited from declaring the nonexistence of a father-child relationship and finds that such declaration would not be in the best interest of the child….(Full Story; The link to the article is now broken. This link is to a copy of a court order in the case.)
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The ruling is ludicrous. No one is asking for a declaration of the non-existence of a father-child relationship. The request is to identify that the fingered man is not the real father.
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- Children of paternity fraud writ large
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- Men’s Issues – Justice for Men
- A paternity fraud case 2
- CBC debate on The Meaning of Fatherhood
- Female innocence, chastity and fidelity largely a myth
- The Virtual Child
- UK: 1 in 5 paternity claims wrongly identified the father
- Tennessee: Mandatory paternity testing at birth
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Here is an update:
Ask Mr. Dad: Protecting yourself from paternity fraud
By ARMIN BROTT, McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Dear Mr. Dad: My wife and I are about to get a divorce. We have a 1-year-old boy and she’s pregnant with our second. Here’s the problem: She’s been having an affair for the last two years and I’m concerned that the children aren’t actually mine. What can I do to protect myself?…
Full Story: http://www.newsobserver.com/2172/story/1134629.html