Legitimation Blogs

What Rights Does a Father Have? In the state of Georgia, the father of a child born to unmarried parents has no... Read More

In Georgia, a man married to a woman at the time she conceives or gives birth to a child is presumed to be the... Read More

A few years ago, a paternity and child support case in Missouri presented a very interesting question regarding the... Read More

What is legitimation? Legitimation is the process that a biological father may undertake to legally establish a... Read More

The Georgia Court of Appeals recently heard an appeal of the grant of a legitimation petition, where the father was... Read More

While a petition for paternity is pending in Georgia, a party to the action (usually the mother or guardian of the... Read More

Any relevant evidence may be introduced at a paternity hearingin Georgia, but there are specific rules regarding... Read More

In Georgia, a child born out of wedlock is considered the biological child of both his mother and father, but only... Read More

The Georgia Court of Appeals recently addressed the rights of a legal father in a legitimation action brought by... Read More

Paternity testing during a divorce case is not extremely common, but this issue does arise. The Georgia Court of... Read More

In Georgia, legitimation is the legal process that an unwed father takes to become the legal father of his child... Read More

As technology changes our world, it also changes our Child Support and Paternity laws here in Georgia. Typically,... Read More