Paternity Test

Ok_Ant_2930 · 2024-09-05T09:12:22+00:00

Do the paternity test for the two children!! It doesn't matter that one of the kids looks like you.

FUMoney · 2024-09-04T09:24:04+00:00

Get the test done. Do it. Don't make a huge mistake of going decades without knowing whether you are the biological parent.

Nervous-Apricot7718 · 2024-09-04T04:42:57+00:00

Wouldn’t you lose custody as “not the father” on a paternity test, NAL so don’t quote me. The point of it is to establish you either are the father or not. If not the father and you don’t need to have parental rights, it may help you dodge the child support but you’d also have no parental rights to visitation for a child you say you love.

This may also depend on the state some states make an assumption that even raising the child and being the “father” figure for an extended period of time makes the child a legal responsibility especially if there’s not another father to put on child support, there are exceptions and ways around this too in many cases, being unaware or deceived can be a work around, but typically if you wanna be in this child’s life you’re gonna wanna keep your rights.

Honestly it’s complicated and probably a better question for your lawyer.

Now doing a home test and then deciding is another story, may help you decide the way you think you’ll feel is how you really feel. And go from there if you’re trying to do it official.

The_Usual_Suspect___ · 2024-09-04T02:46:33+00:00

Do it... You know why you need too....

disgustinbrother · 2024-09-04T02:41:47+00:00

You say you wouldnt love him any less so dont do it. He might love you less if he finds out you did it to save money. My stbx daughter who I raised from 9yrs (33now) is my daughter. Im the only one she calls Dad not even her biological father. He will love you always because you raised him and love him unconditionaly.

Internal-Wolverine13 · 2024-09-03T21:44:03+00:00

You don't have to request one officially with the courts or anything. Before you bother with all of that you can just get one of the at-home kits from the drugstore or Amazon or wherever (Identigene is the one I used, there are others as well) and swab the kid's cheek and yours at home, send it off and get results pretty quick. You don't need your wife's consent or anything, she really doesn't even need to know. If it does come back that he's not yours, you would then have to choose whether to pursue an official test with family court.

Title	Paternity Test
Author	6-demon-bag808
Upvotes	5
Comments	23
Date	September 3, 2024 9:31 PM UTC (1 year ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/Divorce_Men
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