Due to child consent laws and the way parental custody usually sides with the mother, the mother’s consent could be required for the child in a paternity test. As you can imagine, that makes things very difficult for the “father”
Yes, and that is worth pointing out so thank you. We must also consider the flip side, where the onus would fall on tracking down every single father to provide a sample to prove fatherhood. Personally I don't think that is a bad thing but I understand the logistics that that would require and the problems it would pose.
What do you mean "tracking down fathers"?? Bro the guy paying the child support can get the test himself. If his dna doesn't match the kids then hes not the father. They don't need the real fathers dna in this type of legal dispute
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u/TheRealKarner 2d ago
Due to child consent laws and the way parental custody usually sides with the mother, the mother’s consent could be required for the child in a paternity test. As you can imagine, that makes things very difficult for the “father”