Establishing Parentage
"Establishing parentage" means determining who the legal parents of a child are if the parents were not married when the child was born.
If the parents were married when the child was born, the law usually considers the husband to be the father.
When people who are not married can't agree about parentage, the court can order genetic testing.
Usually a child's parentage must be established before you can get child support or custody and visitation orders. You can ask the judge for child support or custody and visitation as part of a case that establishes the parentage of a child.
