| With the breakdown of many family safeguards | | | | |
| we in society, the need to establish | | | | If you father children, it's your |
| paternity for children is becoming more | | | | responsibility to care for them. If they're |
| critical than ever. It's no secret that the | | | | yours, you should also have the right to be |
| court system has increasingly gone after dead | | | | involved win their lives. |
| beat dads who aren't supporting their | | | | |
| children. This is as it should be. | | | | But what if you're not the father however? |
| | | | Why should a man be obligated to support |
| The problem however is that often in | | | | children who are not legally or biologically |
| relationships that have gone bad, claims of | | | | his? |
| paternity and demands for child support are | | | | |
| made on the latest convenient male partner | | | | This is where a home DNA paternity test can |
| who may or may not be the actual father. | | | | help. These at home DNA kits are simple to |
| Once this type of claim is made, it becomes a | | | | use and accurate to the point where DNA |
| big issue for the man especially if he's not | | | | results are routinely used as evidence in |
| the legitimate father of the child. | | | | court. At the very least, establishing |
| | | | paternity using a home DNA test kit can make |
| And the risks are high. The courts have | | | | going to court a much less stressful event. |
| demanded child support payments from fathers, | | | | |
| even to the point of impoverishment. Failing | | | | These DNA tests are inexpensive and offer |
| to make the demanded court ordered child | | | | significant peace of mind for the parents. |
| support payments can also result in many | | | | They are accurate to at least 99.99% positive |
| penalties, not the least of which is | | | | that you are the father but are also 100% |
| garnishment of wages to pay support. In | | | | accurate in establishing you are NOT the |
| addition however, all tax returns can be | | | | father of the child. |
| withheld and even documents like a drivers | | | | |
| license renewal can be refused by the state | | | | Although it's ideal to have the mother, child |
| to dads who are behind on child support. | | | | and the claimed father tested, the dna |
| | | | testing method does not require the mother to |
| Another aspect of paternity is what about a | | | | be involved to obtain an accurate test. |
| father who is not afforded his rights to be | | | | |
| with his child because the mother has claimed | | | | Once a DNA test kit is delivered, you need to |
| the child isn't his? This is a case where a | | | | collect the samples. This is an easy swab of |
| home paternity DNA test can establish if the | | | | you and the childs mouths. Send the samples |
| man is the legitimate father and entitled to | | | | into the DNA test lab for processing and in |
| visitation and involvement with the child. | | | | about a week, your results are delivered to |
| | | | you. |
| It's not the intent of this article to take | | | | |
| sides one way or the other on this matter. | | | | It's a sad day when claims of fatherhood are |
| The facts are that having a child obligates | | | | made with such dire consequences for all |
| the parents to care for that child. So the | | | | concerned. Using a home paternity DNA test |
| ramifications of being identified as | | | | kit can establish your rights and obligation |
| fathering a child can have serious and long | | | | to a child one way or the other. |
| lasting effects on the life of a man. | | | | |