ArticlesCategory :: PaternityBy Miami Herald 8/31/2010 "A man who claims to be Miami Heat star Lebron James' father has filed a $4 million paternity lawsuit, and James has asked the court to dismiss it, TMZ reported Tuesday." By 24/7 Press Release 8/26/2010 "...Miriam Lee took the singer to court, alleging that he was the father of her 14-year-old son. When McKnight failed to respond to her claims, the judge ordered McKnight to pay more than $340,000 in past due child support payments. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/establishing-legal-paternity-in-florida-167189.php By EHow 8/23/2010 "Parents who do not have child custody can still have relationships with their children through visitation." By Madison County - St. Clair Record 8/24/2010 "A case brought by a man who claims a laboratory failed to follow procedures and botched a paternity test more than a decade ago is set for case management on Wednesday." Read the entire article: http://www.stclairrecord.com/news/229088-case-over-botched-paternity-test-set-for-case-management-wednesday By Sydney Morning Herald - Australia 8/15/2010 "FINDING out if your partner has cheated has never been easier or cheaper. DNA testing, once confined to science fiction then to forensic and research laboratories, can now cost as little as $295 and is so common it's even featured in an episode of an Australian TV soapie." Read the entire article: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/the-genes-are-out-of-the-bottle-and-on-the-web-20100814-1248i.html By DNA Worldwide - Paraguay "Fernando Lugo, the president of Paraguay, has has been ordered to undergo a paternity test to establish whether or not he fathered a second illegitimate child." Read the entire article: http://www.dna-worldwide.com/dna-news/news/2010/08/11/president-of-paraguay-to-face-paternity-test/ By The Hindu – New Delhi "The Supreme Court has asked courts to be extremely careful in ordering a DNA examination to determine paternity, as sometimes such scientific tests may bastardise an innocent child even though its mother and her spouse were living together at the time of conception." Read the entire article: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article558197.ece By ChicagoNow (blog) - Illinois 8/4/2010 "...Last week in Cook County, a judge ordered a man to pay thousands of dollars in past child support for a child that isn't his. The man even took a paternity test to prove he wasn't the father, but it was too late. Back in 1998, the child's mother went to court to get child support and the man never responded to the summons. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicagos-real-law-blog/2010/08/crazy-illinois-law-alert.html By WJZ - Virginia 7/31/2010 "A Virginia man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to fatally stabbing a D.C. man during a fight over the paternity of twins." Read the entire article: http://wjz.com/wireapnewsva/Va.man.gets.2.1835635.html By NewsNet5.com - Ohio 7/23/2010 "A new community outreach program in Summit County will give mothers and fathers the opportunity to have genetic testing done at the hospital shortly following the birth of their child." Read the entire article: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/akron_canton_news/paternity-testing-to-be-offered-at-summit-county-hospitals By Tucson Citizen - Arizona 7/20/2010 "Guys who wonder if they are being unwittingly sucked into marriage or child support payments when they don’t even have a child can now find out once and for all." Read the entire article: http://tucsoncitizen.com/dating/2010/07/20/who%E2%80%99s-your-daddy-dna-paternity-testing-goes-countywide-in-cochise-clinics/comment-page-1/ By WHIZ - Ohio 7/18/2010 "...Saunders believes her son's death stems from a paternity test he took about a year ago, which is when Hardin found out he was the father of a two-year-old girl. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.whiznews.com/content/news/local/2010/07/18/missing-zanesville-mans-mother-speaks-out By WHNT - Alabama 7/14/2010 "The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department arrested Amanda Hazen on two counts of forgery after discovering in an investigation that she allegedly forged two signatures on court documents regarding a paternity test results." Read the entire article: http://www.whnt.com/news/whnt-moulton-paternity-fraud,0,2196303.story By Helium "If you have a child or one on the way but are not married, it is important to take one thing into consideration. The fact that you should get a paternity test done is extremely important." Read the entire article: http://www.helium.com/items/1892224-importance-of-getting-a-paternity-test-for-unmarried-couples-expecting-a-baby He has a DNA test to prove it's not his son, but still has to pay child supportMonday, 12 July 2010
By WXYZ - Michigan 7/8/2010 "He’s on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars in back child support. But he says the boy is not his son—and has the DNA test to prove it." Read the entire article: http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/wayne_county/he-has-a-dna-test-to-prove-it's-not-his-son,-but-still-has-to-pay-child-support By Los Angeles Wave Newspapers - California 7/7/2010 "...Doss is embroiled in a child-custody struggle with the girl's father, Benjamin Mills Jr., who came forward with a paternity claim when his daughter was about a month old, halting the adoption. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/regional/foster-mom-Stacey-Doss-Good-Morning-America-97997814.html By Yahoo Sports 6/27/2010 "Landon Donovan is telling SI.com he will take responsibility if a woman’s claim that he made her pregnant proves true." Read the entire article: http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/news/report-woman-planning-paternity-claim-on-donovan--fbintl_ap-wcup-donovan-paternity.html By Mail Tribune - Oregon 6/27/2010 "...Child support offices around the state were open Saturday in an effort to increase the number of births in which a father is legally recorded. The state must meet paternity-establishment requirements to get federal block grant money for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100627/NEWS/6270332 By Momlogic.com 6/22/2010 "...The legions of men out there who fear that they're not the babydaddy can now walk into a drugstore and pick up their very own DNA paternity test. ..." By Kathleen Parker -- Washington Post 6/20/2010 "...Granted, many children still have in-house fathers, but millions don't. Some fathers have become alienated through divorce. "Baby daddies" never were invited to the commitment party. Still others are anonymous in the truest sense -- mere DNA donors who made a deposit and picked up a check. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/18/AR2010061803763.html By YLE News - Finland 6/6/2010 "Thousands of Finnish men are testing their paternity with foreign laboratories without the knowledge of their partners ..." Read the entire article: http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/06/more_men_taking_paternity_tests_without_partners_knowledge_1739579.html By The Sydney Morning Herald 6/4/2010 "In a case which highlights the difficulties of keeping a low profile when you have a Facebook account, a court has ordered that the social networking site be used to serve legal documents on an elusive father in a child support dispute." Read the entire article: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/court-uses-facebook-to-serve-paternity-test-order-20100603-x7dc.html By TriCities.com - Virginia 6/2/2010 "...The rates measure the number of unmarried fathers who voluntarily step forward and claim children born out of wedlock by signing their newborn son or daughter’s birth certificate before the child leaves the hospital. “We are very pleased about that,” said Nick Young, director of the Division of Child Support Enforcement. “Our goal is to get both parents on that birth certificate.”..." Read the entire article: http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/hospitals_recognized_for_paternity_establishment_rates/47043/ By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "Being involved in a family law proceeding like divorce, child custody, child support or others can be confusing and overwhelming for a father." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/legalhelpforfathers/a/family_law_terms.htm?nl=1 By PR Urgent - India 5/10/2010 "... Over the past five years easyDNA has developed into a leading DNA testing service provider on a global scale. easyDNA now operates through an international network of offices in over fourteen countries including India. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.prurgent.com/2010-05-10/pressrelease94058.htm By KSL-TV - Utah 5/11/2010 "...Fogg says Identigene has seen amazing success, with over 100,000 paternity DNA tests sold since they went nationwide in March 2008. He says it will be up to consumers to decide whether these new genetic tests are worthwhile. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=10733597 By Silver Pinyon Journal - Nevada 5/2/2010 "...Humboldt General Hospital was recently honored for establishing 100 percent of paternities for unwed mothers. ... Read the entire article: http://silverpinyon.com/features/local-profiles/466-hgh-employee-honored-for-going-the-extra-mile By Richmond Times Dispatch - Virginia 4/20/2010 "..."We tell the fathers, if there is any doubt in your mind that you are the father, we would rather you not acknowledge paternity," Young said. "We offer men DNA testing if there is any doubt. We will pay for it."..." Read the entire article: http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/business/health_med_fit/article/B-FATH20_20100419-214803/338519/ By KSPR - Missouri 4/14/2010 "A new paternity statute gives a DNA test precendence over a birth certificate" Read the entire article: http://www.kspr.com/news/local/90888044.html By St. Louis Post-Dispatch (blog) - Missouri 4/14/2010 "...“I basically received a call four years later saying “Hey, would you be willing to take a test,’ ” Noble said. ..." Read the entire article: http://interact.stltoday.com/blogzone/deb-petersons-breaking-schmooze/uncategorized/2010/04/prominent-defense-attorney-in-the-midst-of-paternity-suit/ By The Australian - Australia 4/16/2010 "MEN are using a new law to win back hundreds of thousands of dollars paid in child support for children they later discovered were not theirs."' Read the entire article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/duped-dads-win-back-child-payments/story-e6frg6nf-1225854290980 By WRAL.com – North Carolina "Five men who say they're victims of paternity fraud met with some state lawmakers on Thursday." Read the entire article: http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7427907/ By Minneapolis Star Tribune – Minneapolis 4/6/2010 "A new family court to establish paternity and help unmarried parents learn skills to cooperatively raise their children was approved Tuesday by the Hennepin County Board for a three-year test period." Read the entire article: http://www.startribune.com/local/west/90049772.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU By Jackson Clarion Ledger - Mississippi 4/4/2010 "For the first time, some paternity and child support cases are being heard at night in Hinds County Chancery Court." Read the entire article: http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100404/NEWS/4040354/1001/Nighttime-court-aids-with-DHS-caseload By WebWire (press release) - USA 4/6/2010 "...Chromosomal Laboratories, Inc. has seen steady growth for the past six years in all areas of DNA analysis, from forensic DNA, to infidelity to paternity testing which has had the largest growth so far this year. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=114892 By Dayton Daily News - Ohio 3/28/2010 "Who’s your daddy? The answer can have a major impact on a child’s life, including custody, inheritance, Social Security and veterans benefits, health insurance coverage and family medical history." Read the entire article: http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/paternity-testing-business-thrives-consumers-pay-big--625451.html By Reason.com -- April 2010 "The responsibilities of a parent have never been simple. Three recent cases highlight just how convoluted those chains of responsibility can get, and how fickle the courts have been in weighing genetic parenthood against the deals would-be parents have struck with their partners." Read the entire article: http://reason.com/archives/2010/03/24/whos-your-daddy-or-your-other By Chicago Tribune 3/21/2010 "...Others relatively new to the market include tests for paternity, thyroid activity, cortisol (depression assessment), prostate screening, sexually transmitted infections, ..." Read the entire article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sc-health-0324-diy-tests-20100321,0,3462958.story By Examiner.com 3/22/2010 "...According to Judge Ruhlmann, the best interests of the child takes precedence over DNA testing. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-14537-Albany-CPS-and-Family-Court-Examiner~y2010m3d22-One-Monroe-County-Family-Court-paternity-case-ignores-GMT-or-DNA-testing-another-one-admits-it By People.com 3/21/2010 "...Tabloids also drew a connection between a 2007 paternity suit filed by a Georgia woman, Kali Bowyer, who claimed Rock was the father of her then-13-year-old son. DNA tests later proved that was not the case. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20353392,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE.com%3A+Top+Headlines%29 By People.com 3/25/2010 "...A paternity test has confirmed that Mathew Knowles, 58, is the father of Alexsandra Wright's new baby boy, Nixon TMZ reports. The baby's half-sisters Beyoncé and Solange are 29 and 24, respectively. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20354547,00.html By IndyStar.com 3/24/2010 "Fortunately going forward, Senate Enrolled Act 178 provides a mechanism for fathers of children born out of wedlock to take a more active roll. SEA 178 does this by requiring a paternity affidavit to contain a provision that allows the mother and the man identified as the father to agree to share joint legal custody." Read the entire article: http://www.indystar.com/article/20100324/OPINION01/3240321/-1/OPINION09/Kids-benefit-from-bill-giving-dads-a-more-active-role By Los Angeles Times 3/10/2010 "The American woman, 46, faces terrorism charges. An old boyfriend 'can't believe it,' and a former acquaintance calls the suspect naive." Read the entire article: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-jihad-jane11-2010mar11,0,3972459.story By KDKA - Pennsylvania 2/23/2010 "..."An individual is being responsible financially for a child that is not theirs and they feel that the responsibility should be carried on by the true biological father," Solobay said. ..." Read the entire article: http://kdka.com/kdkainvestigators/child.support.ruling.2.1515142.html By Mid-Day - India 2/18/2010 "Growing number of Mumbaikars scurry for DNA tests for reasons ranging from suspicion and surrogacy to even property disputes" Read the entire article: http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/feb/180210-mumbaikars-paterinity-tests.htm By E-Online 2/9/2010 "The quest to determine whether Beyoncé has a half-brother is picking up steam." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b166472_beyonceacutes_dad_will_certainly_take.html?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories By Robert Franklin, Esq. on Mens News Daily 1/28/2010 "Mothers should not have the option to put down "unknown father" on a birth certificate since children have the right to know who their father is, the parliamentary Social Affairs Committee has suggested. ..." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2010/01/28/malta-may-abolish-father-unknown-on-birth-certificates/ By Maryland Divorce (By Robert Flanagan) - Maryland 1/31/2010 "...Mr. Duckworth played a trump card to defend against a claim for arrearages brought by his former wife. He asserted a claim that had long been a matter of suspicion. He wasn't the biological father of his 14 year old daughter!..." Read the entire article: http://www.marylanddivorceattorneyblog.com/2010/01/maryland-divorce-lawyers-know-1.html By Frank Graham (North Platte Bulletin) - 3/11/2009 "A former North Platte resident has paid child support for 29 years, even though a DNA test said the daughter is not his. ...The test, performed by Laboratory Corporation of America in Burlington N.C., said Spiehs is “excluded from paternity” and that he is “not the biological father of the child.” “Probability of paternity -- 0.00%,” the test concluded. But that test doesn’t matter, according to the law." Read the entire article: http://www.northplattebulletin.com/index.asp?show=news&action=readStory&pageID=3&storyID=16212 By Jamaica Gleaner - Jamaica 11/16/2009 "One particular tip from my Flair anniversary article - "legal tips for men" - attracted greater interest than others; namely, "If you had been maintaining a child and later discover that he or she is not your biological child, you may make an application for all sums spent on that child to be repaid to you."..." Read the entire article: http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091116/flair/flair3.html By WebWire (press release) - Arizona 1/5/2010 "Arizona Mobile DNA Services utilizes only accredited reference laboratories and brings the power of DNA testing directly to its clients." Read the entire article: http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=110291 By USA Weekend 1/10/2010 "A young man I didn't know contacted me about taking a paternity test. If I'm the father, I'd be interested in pursuing a relationship. What's the best way for me to accomplish that?" Read the entire article: http://www.usaweekend.com/10_issues/100110/100110relationtips-paternity.html By Muncie Star Press - Indiana 1/5/2010 "...Ross allegedly jabbed her boyfriend in the eye after an argument started when the results of a home paternity test showed her newborn son was not his. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20100105/BUSTED/100105036/1002/NEWS01 By Deseret News - Utah 12/16/2009 "...The state Supreme Court released a decision Wednesday in favor of Daniel Austin, a father who was not married to the mother of his child. Austin is still working to prove that he is, in fact, the child's father, but the court's decision has made it possible for him to try to do so. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705352153/Ruling-offers-new-hope-to-unwed-dads-in-Utah.html By KDKA - Pennsylvania 12/17/2009 "...State legislatures and judges are grappling with questions that go to the heart of what defines being a father. ..." Read the entire article: http://kdka.com/local/paternity.case.battle.2.1377195.html By Herald Tribune 12/20/2009 "...When she claimed in 2004 to be pregnant with his baby, he believed her, he says, because they had sex one time well after their breakup. He feels stupid about believing her, he says. He and she were both about 30, old enough that neither should have been naive. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091220/COLUMNIST/912201033/-1/NEWSSITEMAP By Canada.com - Canada 12/3/2009 "...After getting divorced, his ex-wife then married the man who was the child's actual biological father -- yet Mike is still legally obligated to pay child support: “I pay child support to a biologically intact family,” Mike told me, his voice cracking with incredulity. “A father and mother, married, who live with their own child. And I pay support for that child. How ridiculous is that?”..." Read the entire article: http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/parenting/archive/2009/12/03/dna-paternity-test.aspx By Salon.com 11/20/2009 "A man is supposed to take care of his children. If he gets a woman pregnant, he's expected to step up and take responsibility. But what if that man discovers that the child he thought was his own -- the kid he read to, cuddled and tucked in at night -- is another man's?..." Read the entire article: http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/20/paternity/ By The Detroit News - Michigan 11/25/2009 "...Even though DNA tests, the child's mother and Quinn all agree he's her father, Michigan law says he's not. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.detnews.com/article/20091125/METRO/911250368/Some-fathers-say-Michigan-paternity-law-shuts-them-out By Examiner.com - Michigan 11/25/2009 "...This law has stopped many fathers their rights and or visitation to their children. Some even can’t pay child support, her husband is responsible. But there is a flip-side to this as well….Some husbands don’t want to be responsible for children that are not theirs, but the law make them pay the child support. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-3284-Detroit-Top-News-Examiner~y2009m11d25-You-are-the-fatherBut-if-shes-married-under-Michigan-Law-youre-not By The Grio – New York 11/20/2009 "Should paternity tests become mandatory for all newborn babies? A state legislator in Tennessee thinks so." Read the entire article: http://www.thegrio.com/2009/11/-should-paternity-tests-become.php By London Evening Standard – United Kingdom 11/24/2009 "...Mr Patel said: "We treat this with the same level of seriousness as selling medicine. When people come in we explain what the kit is about and explain that it has to be signed by the legal guardian of the child before testing. There is more control here than there is on the internet. All our pharmacists are trained in how to use the kit. "Nobody would use it if there were not already arguments within the family. This is very useful for peace of mind."..." Read the entire article: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23773999-families-at-risk-as-chemists-sell-paternity-test-kits.do By Robert Franklin, Esq. -- Mens News Daily 11/25/2009 "...As it stands now, the best we do is presume that a married man is the father of any child born to his wife during their marriage. As countless examples have shown, that presumption is often wrong. ..." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/11/25/paternity-fraud-the-flip-side/ By New York Times 11/17/2009 "...The revelation from a DNA test was devastating and prompted him to leave his wife — but he had not renounced their child. He continued to feel that in all the ways that mattered, she was still his daughter, and he faithfully paid her child support. It was only when he learned that his ex-wife was about to marry the man who she said actually was the girl’s biological father that Mike flipped. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/magazine/22Paternity-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1
By Daily Mail – United Kingdom 11/18/2009 "Britain's first over-the-counter paternity test kit went on sale amid claims that it could tear families apart and lead to misery for rejected children." By KCTV5 11/19/2009 "In states like Kansas, DNA evidence is not enough to prove who a child's father is under the law." To View Video: http://www.kctv5.com/video/21605184/index.html By Silver City Sun News – New Mexico 10/26/2009 "...The surveys determined that the majority of people needed simple legal advice in four main areas: landlord-tenant rights, family law (including divorces, custody, paternity and child support), consumer protection (identity theft), and estate planning (wills, and powers of attorney). So the attorneys got together and planned a day of free legal advice in the form of several short seminars on issues such as family law, consumer protection, landlord-tenant rights and estate planning." Read the entire article: http://www.scsun-news.com/ci_13648348 By Lloyd B Smith -- Jamaica Observer 10/27/2009 "I was startled by a recent revelation on a popular talk show by a social worker that one out of three children in a man-and-woman union in this country, be it common-law or otherwise, is likely to be a "jacket". In other words, one child was not fathered by the man with whose surname the child was registered or perhaps even christened in!" Read the entire article: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20091026T190000-0500_162599_OBS_PATERNITY_ISSUES_.asp By SYS-CON Media - Montvale, New Jersey 10/19/2009 "...Pennsylvania is the first state in the nation to meet and exceed the five federal performance standards for establishment of paternity, establishment of court orders for child support, collection of current support, cases paying on arrears and administrative cost effectiveness. In addition, more than 85 percent of children receiving support currently have health insurance or other means of medical support. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.sys-con.com/node/1149505
By DesMoinesRegister.com, Iowa 10/16/2009 "A western Iowa boy given his mother’s last name at birth because the father was unknown should keep the mother's surname, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled today. The ruling upheld an Iowa Court of Appeals ruling to reverse a Buena Vista County judge’s earlier decision to change the boy’s last name as requested by his father, Joshua Braunschweig." Read the entire article: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20091016/NEWS/91016009/-1/SPORTS09 By Attorney General of Texas Greg Abbott -- San Saba News & Star - Texas 10/8/2009 "...Establishing paternity is one of the most important jobs the Attorney General’s Child Support Division performs, because it guarantees a legal relationship between a father and his child. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.sansabanews.com/news/article/21260 By E-Online 10/14/2009 "According to science, Keanu Reeves still has no children to speak of. At least, so says the DNA test the actor submitted to in order to prove that he did not father at least one of Karen Sala's four adult children. But apparently, Sala isn't willing to accept scientific certainty without a fight." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b148987_dna_proves_keanus_not_dad_mom_begs.html By E-Online 10/12/2009 "He's already admitted it, but now a chemistry set proves it. Paternity tests confirm Jude Law is the father of Samantha Burke's baby daughter, Sophia." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b148458_paternity_tests_prove_judes_dude.html By Robert Franklin, Esq. -- Mens News Daily 9/24/2009 "...There's a good bit to chew on in the case of In the matter of Baby Boy M., A Minor. As its name suggests, this is an adoption case. Like the last adoption case out of Utah that I wrote about a few weeks ago, the facts in this case tell a lot about the depths to which some mothers will descend to keep a father from his child. Adoption agencies facilitate the mother's behavior. ..." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/09/24/texas-single-dad-stops-adoption-may-get-custody-of-his-son/
By Steve Lash Daily Record (subscription) - Maryland 9/21/2009 "A man who waited nearly 13 years to contest paternity of his ex-wife’s child must continue to pay child support, even though he’d had a vasectomy years before she conceived and the DNA test ultimately proved he was not the child’s biological father. Maryland’s top court said a Garrett County judge erred in ordering the paternity test without considering if Darren G. Kamp’s challenge was in the best interest of the child, Julie, in light of the strong bond she and Kamp had formed." Read the entire article: http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=13439&type=UTTM By Wang Hongyi China Daily - China 9/23/2009 "A leading Beijing paternity testing center says up to 30 percent of tested men were not the biological fathers of their children." Read the entire article: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/metro/2009-09/23/content_8723991.htm By It Online – Georgia -- Press Release 9/23/2009 "In 2003, The American Association of Blood Banks found that in almost 30 percent of the paternity tests conducted the man being tested is not the biological father. ...Sharon Squires, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology at California State University-Dominguez Hills, and Carnell Smith PfV have joined forces to develop a new on-line survey, the first of its kind, which will examine the emotional, financial, legal, and social impact of paternity fraud on men. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.itnewsonline.com/showprnstory.php?storyid=65824 By Pete Billing M.D. -- Mens News Daily 9/4/2009 "...Women have always known for sure that the children they raise are their own; maternity never needs to be doubted, even in the most primitive of societies. Paternity, on the other hand, has always been something that men have doubted, consciously or unconsciously. In the absence of reliable scientific testing, how is a man to know for sure whether he is really the father of a certain child. ..." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/2009/09/04/dna-test-all-newborns/ By PR Web (press release) - USA 9/5/2009 "Any Lab Test Now® North Dallas locations are taking steps to create awareness concerning the large amount of paternity testing scams occurring in the online marketplace by promoting their $199 basic paternity test. Owner Greg Johnson admits, “We are noticing an increasing number of customers ordering a paternity test from us who have previously been scammed purchasing an online DNA test kit.”..." Read the entire article: http://www.prweb.com/releases/paternity-testing/dallas/prweb2833084.htm By Kosciusko Star Herald - Mississippi 8/26/2009 "....The testing is being provided by the Mississippi Department of Human Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.starherald.net/communityinformation/local_story_238104706.html By Times Online – United Kingdom 8/27/2009 "A devoted father who discovered that two of his three children had been fathered by another man is suing his ex-wife for compensation." Read the entire article: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6811203.ece By E-Online 8/27/2009 "...Klein, who admitted to anonymously donating sperm once, will not be taking a DNA test to prove he's the father of those kids, attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan told US Weekly Thursday. .." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b141515_no_daddy-proving_dna_coming_from.html By Aidan Mcgurran -- Mirror.co.uk – United Kingdom 8/13/2009 "Kits to find out who is the father of a child are to be sold in chemists for the first time. But there are fears the DIY tests could lead to children receiving devastating news without counselling." Read the entire article: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/08/13/d-i-y-dna-115875-21593176/ By Madison Messenger - Virginia 8/12/2009 "The parents of two-thirds of the babies born in Danville in 2007 were not married. In Pittsylvania County last year, 45 percent of the babies were born out of wedlock." Read the entire article: http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/opinion/editorials/danville_editorials/article/more_than_a_name_on_a_certificate/13140/ By CNN.com 8/11/2009 "A Georgia man who spent a year in jail for nonpayment of child support -- despite the fact he has no children -- has been cleared of the debt, his attorney said Tuesday." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/11/georgia.child.support/index.html By Steve Lombari -- InjuryBoard.com - Iowa 7/27/2009 "It should be called the Hatley Amendment, in honor of Frank Hatley, a 50-year-old man who’s been in jail since June 2008 for not paying child support even though two separate DNA tests in the last nine years prove he’s not the father. ..." Read the entire article: http://desmoines.injuryboard.com/miscellaneous/states-will-should-begin-jailing-mothers-who-wrongfully-identify-men-in-paternity-actions.aspx?googleid=267326 By Coshocton Tribune - Ohio 7/23/2009 "A pregnant woman would have to have written informed consent from the father of the fetus if she wants an abortion in Ohio under a bill introduced in the General Assembly." Read the entire article: http://www.coshoctontribune.com/article/20090723/UPDATES01/90723021 By Emediawire (press release) - Washington 7/27/2009 "...DNA Worldwide today announced the launch of the Worlds most advanced DNA Test for Paternity. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.emediawire.com/releases/dna_test/paternity_test/prweb2679974.htm By The Saginaw News Editorial Board 7/12/2009 "...Obviously, our society is moving away from a marriage-minded model for child-rearing. ... Read the entire article: http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/07/saginaw_county_newborns_get_a.html By FOX2now.com - St. Louis, Missouri "Senator Jeff Smith along with members of the Fathers Support Center announced the changes in front of the Civil Courts Building. The changes include letting judges dealing with child support cases assign non violent fathers to educational, vocational , or job training instead of giving them a felony and sending them to jail." Read the entire article: http://www.fox2now.com/ktvi-fathers-rights-child-support-071909,0,7959908.story By Medical Device and Equipment.com 7/9/2009 "IDENTIGENE says 50,000 of its DNA Paternity Test Kits have been purchased since retail sales began in a West Coast test market in November 2007." Read the entire article: http://www.medicaldevicesandequipment.com/article/identigene-has-sold-over-50-000-units-of-its-retail-dna-paternity-test-kits/489879.aspx By Canada.com 7/7/2009 "A lawyer representing actor Keanu Reeves in a paternity suit brought by a woman from Barrie, Ont., said he is "very confident" the case will eventually be dismissed." Read the entire article: http://www.canada.com/Keanu+Reeves+lawyer+confident+paternity+suit+will+dismissed/1766213/story.html By The Money Times 7/9/2009 "Mere one day after a much-watched public memorial for Michael Jackson, who died June 25, his dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, has come forward to dispel speculation that he is the biological father of the late pop star's children and that he gave Jackson the drugs that presumably led to his death." Read the entire article: http://www.themoneytimes.com/featured/20090709/jacksons-dermatologist-refutes-paternity-rumors-id-1075777.html By ContactMusic.com 7/14/2009 "AKON's lawyers have denied the R&B superstar is running away from his responsibilities - after the mother of one of his children alleged it's impossible to serve the star with child support papers." Read the entire article: http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/akon-denies-running-from-child-support-payments_1109639 By Bill Rankin -- Atlanta Journal Constitution - Georgia 7/14/2009 "Frank Hatley has languished in a South Georgia jail for more than a year. The reason? He failed to reimburse the state for all the public assistance his “son” received over the past two decades. The problem? Hatley is not the biological father -- and a special assistant state attorney general and a judge knew it but jailed Hatley anyway." Read the entire article: http://www.ajc.com/news/court-knew-man-jailed-91036.html
By KansasCity.com 7/7/2009 "Men will have two years to challenge paternity rulings with DNA tests under legislation signed Tuesday by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon." Read the entire article: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/1311974.html By Danville News 6/29/2009 "Danville Regional Medical Center recently won two awards from the Virginia Paternity Establishment Program for its work in having the fathers of babies born outside of wedlock voluntarily acknowledge their baby’s paternity." Read the entire article: http://www.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/danville_regional_medical_centers_paternity_program_recognized/12142/ By 2TheAdvocate - Louisiana 6/19/2009 "Research has shown that when both parents are actively and positively involved in their children’s lives, the children are more likely to lead healthy and productive lives. ...For unwed fathers, the first step in developing that parental bond is acknowledging paternity. Children with legal links to their fathers are more likely to know their full medical histories, have increased access to parental and financial resources, experience better life outcomes and, more importantly, form a bond with both parents. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/48568822.html By Kenneth Ofgang -- Metropolitan News-Enterprise - California 6/22/2009 "A voluntary declaration of paternity, filed in statutory form with Department of Child Support Services, takes precendence over the presumption of paternity arising from having held a child out as one's owen, the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled Friday." Read the entire article: http://www.metnews.com/articles/2009/kevi062209.htm "Fatherhood comes at different times and under different circumstances, but good dads have one thing in common: They spend time with their kids and pay attention to them. Here are four dads from disparate backgrounds who fill the bill. All have been honored by the Fathers and Families Center, an Indianapolis agency that teaches fatherhood skills to young dads."
By Schuyler Kropf -- The Post and Courier - South Carolina 6/21/2009 "...After years of legal wrangling in which Middleton helped cement a new legal doctrine of "psychological parent" rights in South Carolina, Middleton became the boy's permanent guardian last week after reaching an agreement with the boy's mother. A family court judge signed an order giving Middleton full custody of Joshua, whom he has helped raise from childhood even after a paternity test showed that he was not the boy's father. .." Read the entire article: http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/jun/21/forging_lasting_bond86735/ By ScrippsNews 6/17/2009 "Alfie Patten won't be celebrating Father's Day this year, after all. The 13-year-old English boy was told by 15-year-old Chantelle Stedman that he was the father of her infant daughter, Maisie Roxanne. A recent DNA test has proved otherwise. Chantelle had been sleeping with more than five boys when Maisie was conceived, so she was only guessing that Alfie was Maisie's dad. But that's the story she told the newspapers. You might expect that Alfie is relieved to have escaped the responsibilities of fatherhood. Earlier, when asked how he intended to provide for Maisie financially, he replied, "What does financially mean?" Truth be told, Alfie was devastated that tests revealed the real father to be 15-year-old Tyler Barker. On being identified Tyler complained, "I only slept with her once. All my mates have been teasing me, but it's not funny."..." Read the entire article: http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/43913 Not funny, to be sure, but also not uncommon. Britain has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in all of Western Europe. By YahooNews 6/18/2009 "The father of a Michigan man who believes he was snatched from his real parents in New York half a century ago called the speculation "a bunch of foolishness." John Barnes has long suspected the couple who raised him were not his biological parents, and now he's awaiting DNA tests to find out if he was the 2-year-old boy who disappeared outside a bakery in Long Island, New York while his mother shopped inside. "I'm his dad," John's father, Richard Barnes, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. He replied, "No, no," when asked by a reporter whether he had kidnapped John Barnes. He called the notion "a bunch of foolishness." John Barnes on Thursday brushed off the comments from his father in an interview with NBC's "Today" show. He said he's "pretty confident" that the tests will indicate he was the missing boy." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_re_us/us50_years_missing By YahooNews 6/18/2009 "The Supreme Court said Thursday that convicts have no constitutional right to test DNA evidence in hopes of proving their innocence long after they were found guilty of a crime. The decision may have limited impact because the federal government and 47 states already have laws that allow convicts some access to genetic evidence. Testing so far has led to the exoneration of 240 people who had been found guilty of murder, rape and other violent crimes, according to the Innocence Project. The court ruled 5-4, with its conservative justices in the majority, against an Alaska man who was convicted in a brutal attack on a prostitute 16 years ago. William Osborne won a federal appeals court ruling granting him access to a blue condom that was used during the attack. Osborne argued that testing its contents would firmly establish his innocence or guilt. In parole proceedings, however, Osborne has admitted his guilt in a separate bid for release from prison. The high court reversed the ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. States already are dealing with the challenges and opportunities presented by advances in genetic testing, Chief Justice John Roberts said in his majority opinion." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_dna_testing By Armstrong Williams -- Opinion -- Washington Times 6/17/2009 "The celebration of Father's Day allows our nation a moment to pause and reflect on the memories and experiences of childhood and fatherhood alike. Aside from the typical gift selection of a new tie, putter or power tools, no serious consideration is given to this holiday. This Father's Day, take a break from the barbecue grill, playing catch or listening to another one of dad's widely exaggerated stories (that you've already heard at least a thousand times), and ponder a more broad subject, the rights of a father. A father's rights have remained a largely hidden issue, tucked away beneath America's fiery and passionate opinions on abortion. In many ways, the parental rights of expectant fathers are blatantly ignored, and fathers are, in a court of law, unable to voice their opinion in regard to childbirth. A fundamental assumption leading to the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade was that because women are biologically tied to the birth process, they should therefore bear all responsibility in deciding the life or death of their children. The reason for this perspective is straightforward: Roe v. Wade rejected the idea that another person controlled a woman's body. ....We live in an age of eroding family values, in which fathers routinely abandon their children and disregard their familial responsibilities. Mr. Stachokus' desire to raise and care responsibly for his child should be commended and encouraged. Instead, the law brutally and arbitrarily denies that he has any right to his child whatsoever. Countless men are faced with the same nightmare of having no voice in the execution of their children. "Men's rights are trampled on all the time when it comes to reproductive rights," said Dianna Thompson, executive director of the American Coalition for Fathers and Children. It is time to fight back, to force our government to re-evaluate the logic of treating men as little more than fertilizers. ..." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/17/a-critical-role-for-fathers/print/
"Travis Henry made millions of dollars playing in the NFL. He has also made a lot of babies. The 30-year-old Polk County native publicly acknowledges he has nine children — with different mothers — but a Central Florida woman says that's not so. The number, she says, should be 11. Vanessa Colbert recently became the second woman in Orange County to try to collect child support from Henry. She says the former athlete fathered her twins, who are now 18 months old. Henry hasn't been ordered to pay support to Colbert or to the other woman, Dorothy Michelle Maloy, who did not return calls. But in Polk County, he owes more than $11,000 in back support in two cases. The Orange County women have joined a long line of mothers seeking money from the man who once played for the Denver Broncos, Tennesee Titans and Buffalo Bills." Read the entire article: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/moretop1/orl-loctravis-henry-babies-support-061809jun18,0,3573548.story?track=rss By Tim Turner -- Kokomo Perspective – Indiana 6/18/2009 "Non-custodial parents feel just as frustrated with the child support system as the custodial parents who don’t receive payment. Brandon Fossett waited over a year before the courts determined his son’s paternity. During that year, he spent time with the mother and child, and he said he helped however he could. He was reassured by the courts that he did not owe support and wouldn’t have to pay back support when paternity was determined; however, when the paternity test proved he was the father, he was hit with more than $2,000 in back support. Fossett, who was going through a period of homelessness at that time, was unable to come up with the money. He said that is when he got a true look at how the system treats non-custodial parents, even those like him who make regular payments each week. “I just wish there was a little more respect out of the judicial system for the people who are trying,” said Fossett. Read the entire article: http://www.kokomoperspective.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/local_news/doc4a395657a5926529763448.txt By YahooNews 6/16/2009 "More than 50 years ago, a mother left her stroller outside a Long Island bakery and returned minutes later to find her 2-year-son had vanished. Police and residents searched ditches and homes for the blond toddler. Investigators chased down leads around the country. But the sensational case soon went cold. No one knew what happened to little Stephen Damman. Now a Michigan man has come forward to say he is the boy, and federal officials are awaiting DNA test results to determine if he's right. The revelation stunned Long Island residents old enough to remember the futile search, and it renewed hope among Damman's relatives, including Stephen's 78-year-old father. "Just like a death gives you closure, you know sometimes, it will give you closure to know what happened,".." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_re_us/us50_years_missing By Dr. Ada FisherSalisbury Post – North Carolina 6/15/2009 "Sitting recently in the Rowan County courtroom waiting to hear the cases on paternity and child support, I was struck by the overflow of cases, the youth and unemployment of the parents in question and the unfairness of this system to children as well as taxpayers. Men should be outraged that they can be challenged for paternity with or without cause, without rights of recovery, even when they are not proven the father of the child in question. And taxpayers are being fleeced to support children for whom the parents often show little regard or responsibility in their conception and care. A young friend of mine was told by his then girlfriend that she was pregnant and he was the father. Raised to be responsible and believing he was the only one involved with the potential mother, he contributed more than $8,000 to the care and nurturing of the child, disregarding the admonition of his mother and me to get a paternity test. When he did finally get the DNA paternity test, it proved he was not the father of the child. He was stuck with a bill for a child he didn't create and no penalty accrued for such falsification by his accusers — the mother and DFCS. Where is equal justice? On the court docket were several young men being brought up for non-support of more than one child involving more than one woman. There seemed to be no sense of shame in the courtroom. One young man started shouting and cursing at his girlfriend until I intervened and told him to cool it. Several young women had more than one child by different men." Read the entire article: http://www.salisburypost.com/Opinion/061509-edit-afisher By FOX2now.com - Missouri 6/9/2009 " In Missouri and some other states there's real, biological dad and there's legal, non-biological dad. Missouri lawmakers acknowledge the two aren't always the same. A law is now headed to the governor's desk. He paints houses. But a night out with the boys painted a messy future for Tony Galvin a married father of three, "She got my number from a friend of mine at the bar." Galvin says he never met her again, or saw her again. He adds he never had sex with her, "Nooo, never touched her." Perhaps, but two years later the woman had a baby boy, naming Tony the dad. Tony says he never knew about a paternity hearing, so when he didn't show, he defaulted. After his 30 days to appeal ran out, in the state's eyes, he "was" dad. Legal dad. Period. Tony says, frustrated, "They got nothing. And they're just 'you're the dad!'" But Tony got child support orders $674 a month. Prosecutors charged him with criminal non-support and the state took his driver's license. His life? "It ruined it, ruined it. Shut it down and stopped it right then. Of course it ruined my marriage for awhile. She's good now, but she wasn't then."Good now, thanks to genetic testing. What did the DNA test show? "That I was not the dad."..." Read the entire article: http://www.fox2now.com/ktvi-mo-dads-dna-legal-standing-060909,0,3653920.story By Coventry Telegraph – United Kingdom 6/3/2009 "PETER NDLOVU has been told he must pay child maintenance to his estranged wife - until the results of a paternity test are known next month. The former Highfield Road fans' favourite was ordered to pay £377 a month to ex-wife Sharon Dee until the test results of her two children are revealed next month. The fleet-footed winger handed himself into the Zimbabwe authorities last week after an arrest warrant was issued for his failure to turn up at court. Nww Zimbabwe reports that the South African magistrate granted in the interim order after Ndlovu demanded a paternity test." Read the entire article: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-city-fc/football-rumours-gossip/2009/06/03/peter-ndlovu-to-pay-child-maintenance-until-test-results-arrive-92746-23776217/ By Dowagiac Daily News - MI 5/28/2009 "....Without a marriage ceremony, neither Melissa nor Nathan could count on equitable distribution of assets acquired during their cohabitation. There is likewise no basis for claiming separate maintenance when the live-in arrangement is terminated. (In other jurisdictions separate maintenance might be called alimony). Without marriage, one partner might not have any say in how the other partner is treated in case of disability nor even be able to visit their partner in the hospital. Without marriage, there is little or no basis for listing the other partner on employer health plans nor for claims to share in retirement benefits. Read the entire article: http://www.dowagiacnews.com/articles/2009/05/28/columnists/dncolumn02.txt
By Bruce DeMara Toronto Star - Canada 5/29/2009 "A Barrie woman has filed a request to an Ontario court to compel actor Keanu Reeves to provide a DNA sample as part of a bid to get support for herself and her four children. Karen Sala, 46, who is acting as her own lawyer, filed notice on Monday in the Superior Court of Justice family branch. Legal papers were served on Reeves' business manager in Los Angeles two days ago. The first court date for the case is July 6 in Barrie. "I'm pissed. I just want him to stand up and be a man," Sala said in an interview yesterday. A spokesperson for the actor said Reeves denies even knowing Sala and strongly rejects her claims. None of the allegations have been proven in court. ....In addition to the DNA test, Sala is seeking child support of $150,000 per month, retroactive to June 1988, as well as $3 million per month in spousal support retroactive to November 2006." Read the entire article: http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/642316 By Robin McKie - Guardian.co.uk – United Kingdom 5/24/2009 "...Twenty-five years ago the idea that scientists would one day be able to pinpoint an individual from the tiniest trace of their sweat or blood would have seemed laughable. Today we take it for granted. Along with the CCTV camera and the tapping of emails and phone calls, the DNA fingerprint has become part of a civic apparatus that can follow the movements of individuals with unprecedented accuracy. Thanks to the research by Jeffreys, thousands of dangerous criminals have been caught and imprisoned and thousands of individuals unfairly denied UK citizenship have been allowed to settle in this country. At the same time, millions of individuals have had their profiles stored in databases in Britain, a serious threat to civil liberties according to some organisations and individuals, a point that is - partially - accepted by Jeffreys himself. More than any other modern scientific discovery, DNA fingerprinting raises crucial issues about balancing the use of technology to help society against an individual's right to privacy. Such concerns were far from the mind of Alec Jeffreys, then a 34-year-old Leicester University genetics researcher, in the summer of 1984. At the time he was seeking ways to trace genes through family lineages and had hit on a fragment of DNA that was repeated on different chromosomes in the cells of men and women." Read the entire article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/may/24/dna-fingerprinting-alec-jeffreys By HEART TO HEART With Betty Ann Blaine - Jamaica Observer - Jamaica 5/26/2009 "Good news seems hard to come by in Jamaica these days, but not so this past week. In the space of two days, the government launched the Ananda Alert Child Abduction System, and Parliament moved to adopt the motion that the names of fathers will be placed on the birth certificates of their children. Member of Parliament Ronnie Thwaites must be congratulated for his instrumentality and perseverance in introducing and shepherding the bill to legalise paternity. Mandatory registration of fathers has been long overdue. Ensuring that a child at birth is afforded the names of both his mother and father, is, as far as I am concerned, an inalienable right. After all, this is not slavery where children were denied their biological identity and were forced to take on the slave owners' last names. A friend of mine keeps reminding me that even pedigree dogs have birth certificates with the names of both parents. In fact, even the names of their grandparents. The question she asks is, if the dogs have it, why not our children? The mandatory registration of fathers is an important first step in what I hope will be a structured and systematic programme of family life reconstruction and restoration in this country." Read the entire article: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20090525T170000-0500_152197_OBS_GOOD_NEWS_FOR_CHILDREN_.asp By John Holt - Meagan Kelleher -- fox4kc.com - Kansas 5/20/2009 "Tony Galvin is a married father of three who paints houses for a living. But a fun night out with some friends about seven years ago painted a messy picture for this Blue Springs man. He danced with a woman who managed to coax his phone number off one of his friends. He went home thinking nothing of it, until he started getting calls from the woman. He rebuffed her, he said, and now believes that may have set the stage for trouble. Two years later, the woman named Galvin the father of her child, something Galvin said is impossible. "It was really nothing. I met her at the bar, had a few drinks, we danced," he said. Galvin insists he never had sex with the woman. But Galvin missed a paternity hearing, didn't appeal the default judgment and ignored the child support notices that started piling up. Under the eyes of the law in Missouri, Tony Galvin is considered the "legal" dad since he didn't act to contest his status. He now owes nearly $37,000 in back child support." Read the entire article: http://www.fox4kc.com/wdaf-non-dads-law-support-052009,0,1147287.story By Mary Alice Robbins -- Texas Lawyer 5/19/2009 "A former assistant attorney general alleges in a whistleblower suit filed May 18 that the Texas Office of the Attorney General fired her in 2008 for reporting that two OAG attorneys in the Dallas child support office tried "to suborn perjured testimony" from her about a Dallas judge. ....Steve Kardell, Weatherspoon's attorney and a partner in Clouse Dunn Khoshbin in Dallas, says that prior to the alleged attempt to make Weatherspoon sign the affidavit, Hanschen had been at odds with the OAG over the statute of limitations on DNA testing to determine parentage in child support cases." Read the entire article: http://www.law.com/jsp/tx/PubArticleTX.jsp?id=1202430825605&slreturn=1 By Robert Wilonsky -- Dallas Observer - Texas 5/20/2009 ..."Maybe we should have seen this one coming: Hanschen was the subject of an April 2008 Dallas Observer cover story that dealt with his ongoing battle with the Office of the Attorney General. (Pardon the incomplete link; our Web site's acting up this morning.) Hanschen, you see, lets men challenge whether the younglings to whom they pay child support are theirs using DNA testing; said the judge, "In my court, the truth does not have a statute of limitations." Greg Abbott's office disagrees, and, as Megan Feldman wrote last year, James Jones -- formerly a senior regional attorney supervising the Dallas Child Support Division who's now a staff attorney in Tarrant County -- solicited other lawyers in the local child support office for affidavits alleging Hanschen and another judge had said nasty stuff about the AG's staff. In fact, Jones and another AG's staff attorney, Harry Monck, are named in Weatherspoon's suit. ...." Read the entire article: http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/05/fight_over_child_support_and_d.php
By Steve Booher St. Joseph News-Press - Missouri 5/18/2009 "It may be rare in the state of Missouri, but it does happen. Every payday, some guy has a few hundred dollars deducted from his wages and that money goes to support a child that’s not his. If you’re that guy, you pay because the courts have so ordered. You keep paying because if you fall behind, you will be charged with criminal nonsupport and might do some jail time. At this point, your future is dim. And, there’s nothing you can do about your situation. The Missouri General Assembly moved to remedy these situations this past session. One of the bills it passed would allow men to challenge paternity with a DNA test. If they’re not the father, they would be excused from all past-due child support and any future support. They also would have their names removed from a birth certificate and have past criminal convictions for nonsupport expunged from their record. The bill is lying on Gov. Jay Nixon’s desk. His office says he wants to study the issue before signing it. So guys, if Mr. Nixon signs the legislation and if you believe you’re wrongly paying child support, you have until Dec. 31, 2011, to file a petition contesting your paternity." Read the entire article: http://www.stjoenews.net/news/2009/may/18/child-support-lets-make-sure-weve-got-right-guy/?opinion
By Rosemary Black -- DAILY NEWS -- 5/18/2009 "The 11-month-old twin boys born to a Texas mom have a lot in common, but one thing they don’t share is a father. That’s because their mother, Mia Washington, cheated on her partner, James Harrison, according to the Daily Mail, and her fling resulted in a one-in-a-million double conception. The result is that one twin, Jordan, is James’s son but the other one, Justin, was fathered by a man whose identity has not been released. The Dallas mother became suspicious about her sons’ paternity when she realized that their facial features were dissimilar, according to the Daily Mail. She visited Clear Diagnostics DNA Lab, had a paternity test, and learned that there was just a 0.001 chance that the twins could have the same father. Read the entire article: http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2009/05/18/2009-05-18_texas_woman.html By Ben Schmitt -- Free Press • 5/12/2009 "If you’re a deadbeat dad who agrees to start making child support payments to stay out of jail, you’ve got to meet one more requirement in Judge Wade McCree’s Detroit courtroom: Watch the Maury Povich show. McCree, a criminal judge in Wayne County Circuit Court, has begun sentencing dads to watch the show as part of their probation. The judge, who will appear on the show Thursday, said he got the idea after watching a few episodes. One day in February he shouted to a man with five kids from five mothers: “What the hell do you think this is, the Maury Povich show?” “Everyone fell out laughing, but it really wasn’t funny,” the judge said today. A videographer was in the courtroom for a local TV show and asked permission to send the clip to Povich’s show, McCree said. Soon, Maury had a crew filming in McCree’s courtroom and they invited him in for a show taping last month. “Some of these men in my court watch the show and see how ridiculous some of the deadbeats look, and then they realize it’s them,” McCree said. Povich’s shows often focus on paternity issues, DNA testing and child support." Read the entire article: http://www.freep.com/article/20090512/NEWS02/90512063/1038/ENT03/Behind+in+child+support?+%E2%80%98Maury++may+be+in+your+future By Philly.com 5/15/2009 "A Philadelphia man who was forced to pay child support for another man's daughter and went to jail for falling behind on the payments is suing two Pennsylvania counties. The lawsuit filed last week by Walter Andre Sharpe Jr. names Dauphin and Montgomery counties. The suit filed in federal court in Harrisburg says officials changed his personal identifying information in their computer systems to make him appear to be the child's father." Read the entire article: http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20090512_ap_pacountiessuedinmistakenchildsupportcase.html By Business Wire (press release) - California 5/11/2009 "Barbara McCaskill verified the success of a 20-year search for her biological parents recently with a simple cheek-swab genetic test. “The accuracy of DNA testing put any doubts to rest,” said McCaskill, of San Diego, who had purchased an Identigene DNA Paternity Test Kit over-the-counter at her local pharmacy. Tens of thousands of people like McCaskill have taken advantage of the self-administered, non-invasive DNA paternity test since March 2008, when it first became available nationwide in the family planning or home diagnostic aisles of pharmacy chains. The Identigene DNA Paternity Test Kit was the first ever—and is still the only—genetic test sold through major retail outlets. “We have seen a dramatic increase in sales due to a new public awareness that reliable, affordable DNA paternity testing is now available at their local drug store,” said Doug Fogg, COO of Identigene, which is world’s largest provider of direct-to-consumer paternity testing, and has been offering DNA testing services since 1993. “We continue to have significant direct online retail sales, but the purchasing paradigm has changed. Now, we often find customers use our Web site as a resource for information about DNA testing, then go to their local drug store for the purchase.”..." Read the entire article: http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090511005212&newsLang=en
By YahooNews.com 5/11/2009 "On a spring day in 1953, two babies were born at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in the Eastern Oregon town of Heppner — DeeAnn Angell of Fossil and Kay Rene Reed of Condon. The girls would grow up, get married, have kids of their own and become grandparents. Then, last summer, Kay Rene's brother, Bobby Reed, got a call from an 86-year-old woman who had known his mother and had also lived next door to the Angell family in Fossil. "She said she had something she had to get off her chest," Bobby Reed said in an interview with the East Oregonian newspaper of Pendleton, which reported the story Sunday. Bobby met the woman at the nursing home where she lives. The woman said Marjorie Angell insisted back in 1953 that she had been given the wrong baby after the nurses returned from bathing them. Her concerns, however, were brushed off. Then the old lady showed Bobby an old photo. "It looked like Kay Rene in about 7th or 8th grade," Bobby said." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090511/ap_on_re_us/us_switched_at_birth
By Pete Shellem - The Patriot-News 5/11/2009 "A Philadelphia man who was thrown in Dauphin County Prison four times for not paying support for someone else's child has filed a federal lawsuit against the county and Montgomery County, charging that officials tampered with his personal information to make him appear to be the father. The lawsuit filed in U.S. Middle District Court by Walter Andre Sharpe comes on the heels of Dauphin County District Attorney Edward M. Marsico Jr. saying no criminal charges would be filed in the case. The lawsuit says domestic relations officials in Montgomery County changed Sharpe's name in their computer system because he at one time used his mother's maiden name. His Attorney, Spero Lappas said he could find no explanation in the records for why his date of birth and other identifying information was changed to match up with Andre Sharpe, the real father of the child." Read the entire article: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/05/man_jailed_for_not_paying_supp.html By KDKA - Pennsylvania 5/11/2009 "The trial began for a Butler County man accused of killing a 14-month-old child. Jarred Knight, 25, is charged with the first degree murder of Tyler Davis. If convicted, Knight could face the death penalty. Read the entire article: http://kdka.com/local/Jarred.Knight.trial.2.1006574.html
By Carolyn Hax / Tell Me About it - Boston Herald 5/10/2009 "I’m writing to you because I don’t know who else to ask. My wife and I have been happily married for six years. We have a beautiful daughter, age 2. For about the past six months I have suspected my daughter isn’t really “mine.” I have never suspected my wife of cheating on me, but for a number of reasons I cannot quiet my suspicions about the baby. I have not confronted my wife because I know that might devastate our marriage. But I have to know. What should I do?" Read the entire article: http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/lifestyle/view/2009_05_10_Weigh_paternity_doubts_vs__worst-case_outcome/srvc=home&position=recent By LEE LOGAN -- Fort Mills Times – South Carolina 5/11/2009 "JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — James McClendon knows he's not the biological father of his ex-girlfriend's 16-year-old son. He's got a DNA test to prove it. But his wages are trimmed each month to pay thousands in child support debt. McClendon, who lives in St. Louis, has been fighting a 10-year legal battle to overturn a paternity ruling that says he's the child's father. Between legal bills, supporting his three biological children and several failed jobs, he's built up $25,000 in child support debt. I'm not the kid's father. Why am I still being prosecuted for this?" said McClendon, 36. "How can I go on with my life with that type of debt?"
Stories like McClendon's have inspired more than 30 states to adopt laws in the past decade allowing men to challenge paternity rulings with genetic tests, which can achieve nearly total accuracy. At least nine states this year are considering legislation to either allow DNA paternity challenges or expand them. Missouri could become the latest state to join the trend. A bill pending Gov. Jay Nixon's signature would give men two years to contest paternity rulings with a DNA test. A spokesman for the governor said he plans to review the bill after the legislative session ends May 15." Read the entire article: http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/560789.html By WHNT - Alabama 5/7/2009 "After an extended debate on the effects of a bill that could allow a person who is found not to be the father of a child to recoup child support payments, the House sent the bill back to the judiciary committee. Read the entire article: http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-tn-xgr--childsupport,0,4962493.story By Spero News -- USA 5/5/2009 "President Fernando Lugo of Paraguay, a former Catholic bishop, gave a declaration to the nation’s justice system that he would be willing to be subjected to a DNA test to prove that his is not the father of a child that is claimed to be his. On April 22, Benigna Leguizamón claims to be the putative mother of a child sired by the former prelate. Lugo claims, moreover, that he did not have sex with the claimant but that he is willing to have a DNA test done in Paraguay. However, the claimant mother is demanding that a test be conducted in a foreign jurisdiction." Read the entire article: http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub=192&id=19180&t=Former+Catholic+bishop+pestered+by+paternity+suits By Pete Shellem The Patriot-News - PennLive.com - Pennsylvania 4/30/2009 "Dauphin County District Attorney Edward M. Marsico Jr. says his office will not be filing criminal charges in a mix-up that landed a Philadelphia man in jail four times for not paying child support for someone else's child. Marsico said his investigation, ordered by President Judge Richard A. Lewis after The Patriot-News reported on the situation, revealed that a "screw up" occurred in Montgomery County, but did not involve any criminal intent. That mistake left Walter Andre Sharpe Jr. of Philadelphia forced to pay $12,000 in support for another man's child and thrown in Dauphin County Prison four times for not keeping up with the payments. It took The Patriot-News less than a hour to find the real father, who said he had custody of the child Sharpe had been supporting. Sharpe was paying support to the child's mother and then her grandmother." Read the entire article: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/04/dauphin_da_will_not_file_charg.html
By NewsLeader.com 4/29/2009 "Missouri lawmakers sent the governor a pair of bills Tuesday giving men a longer grace period to catch up on child support payments or prove they are not the father. Read the entire article: http://www.news-leader.com/article/20090429/BREAKING01/90429006/-1/RSS By Andy Sher -- Chattanooga Times Free Press.com 4/27/2009 "Men can stop making child support payments after learning through genetic testing the child was actually fathered by someone else under legislation approved this morning by the House. House Bill 805, sponsored by Rep. Stacey Campfield, R-Knoxville, passed on a 66-24 vote. Three lawmakers abstained. Rep. Campfield, who has dubbed the measure the “baby daddy bill,” said the issue is fairness. It would not apply in cases where the man has legally adopted the child. Another provision says support payments must continue for 60 days after childhood is “disestablished.”.." Read the entire article: http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/apr/23/baby-daddy-child-support-bill-passes-house/?breakingnews By MSNBC.com 4/9/2009 "David Caruso’s ex-girlfriend, Liza Marquez, has sued the “CSI: Miami” star for damages based upon allegations of fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of contract and six additional charges, according to court papers acquired by Access Hollywood. .....In a statement to Access on Thursday, a rep for Caruso responded to the claims. “Last month David became concerned about the welfare of his children and sought court assistance to redefine David’s and Liza’s custodial schedules,” the rep said in the statement. “It now appears that Liza has decided to retaliate by raising false claims against David, which David finds unfortunate since these claims will divert the parties’ and the court’s attention away from the best interests of the children.” Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30145441/ By WKMG - Florida "State Acknowledges Man Is Not Father, Still Demands Payments - A local man is fighting against having to make back child support payments for a child that is not his. Brian Stancheski, of Sanford, proved that a 3-year-old boy is not his in order to be able to stop paying child support several months ago, but the state still wants him to pay $9,000 in back payments." Read the entire article: http://www.clickorlando.com/news/19186388/detail.html By The Associated Press - USA 4/9/2009 "Lawyers filed a paternity suit against Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo on Wednesday, alleging that a son was born to the former Roman Catholic bishop five months after he abandoned the church for politics. But the woman named in the complaint quickly distanced herself from the suit, and her lawyers said they would withdraw it. Lugo's spokesman said the claim "must be false," while another official close to the president called the allegation a smear campaign. "There must have been someone who wanted to harm the image of the president," Lugo legal adviser Emilio Camacho told Radio 1." Read the entire article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jjbPzVkmGnEQa5_DKeXXiHroX1pgD97EH7TG0 By News-Leader.com - Missouri 4/2/2009 "The Senate passed legislation that would excuse men of child-support requirements if they use DNA tests to prove they are not the child’s father. Under current law, man has a year to contest his paternity. After that deadline, his name automatically goes on the child’s birth certificate and he is required to pay child support." Read the entire article: http://www.news-leader.com/article/20090402/BREAKING01/90402043 By The Canadian Press - Canada 3/31/2009 "A Quebec man who has failed to have his name removed from the birth certificate of a young girl he found out was not his biological daughter wants to argue his case before the Supreme Court of Canada. The businessman has already struck out in Quebec Superior Court and in the Quebec Court of Appeal. Both courts ruled that paternity is ironclad if a man's name is on the birth certificate, if that status is not contested within a year of the child's birth and if other factors, including the same family name, indicate obvious bonds between the child and the parents. The courts ruled there is little room for interpretation, but the man's lawyer disagreed with both rulings." Read the entire article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5idhTLXonVpdvlwNEv_h_AotzXV1A By Examiner.com - USA 3/19/2009 "A hotly contested child custody case in Harris County is likely to rack up some hefty attorney’s fees. No surprise there. Not everyone has the ready funds to match an attorney’s retainer demands in such cases. Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-5423-Houston-Family-Law-Examiner~y2009m3d19-Funding-a-child-custody-case-Attorneys-fees-are-only-part-of-it
By Access Hollywood - USA 2/27/2009 "Model Monika Zsibrita has sued Chris Rock, the latest development in a court battle between the two that has gone over for over a decade, according to the LA Times. ...“Someone who was not pregnant with my child claimed to be pregnant with my child and requested large sums of money for this,” Rock testified at an earlier hearing." Read the entire article: http://www.accesshollywood.com/chris-rocks-model-court-battle-continues-with-new-suit_article_15002 2/26/2009, (Sydney) "Public debate over paternity fraud has intensified in recent years, with the number of people undertaking genetic paternity tests rising dramatically. However, Michael Gilding, a professor at Swinburne University, has challenged the claims that between 10 and 30 percent of men may be raising a child not genetically theirs, which he attributes to questionable research between 1970s and 1990s." Read the entire article: http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090084952
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN -- ABC News 2/24/2009 "Nadya Suleman, the California woman who delivered octuplets last month, is willing to order a paternity test to prove that a man who twice donated sperm to her 10 years ago is not the father. ...Suleman confirmed that while dating Denis Beaudoin from 1997 to 1999 she twice tried to become pregnant with him through artificial insemination but was unable to conceive." Read the entire article: http://abcnews.go.com/US/WomensHealth/story?id=6943222&page=1 By Dawne Gee -- Wave 3 News/Kentucky 2-18-9 "Based on current Kentucky law, not all biological fathers have the right to be in their child's life. It can be a very complicated story, but some say it is a simple fix - just change the law. Rep. Darryl Owens is one of the sponsors of a bill in the Kentucky Legislature to do just that because he believes it is time to right that wrong. ....Rhoades stood before lawmakers, along with other Kentucky fathers who have similar stories, to plead for House Bill 28 to be passed. It is the help they need to see their children who were conceived during an alleged affair with a married woman. Even after DNA testing proves their paternity, these fathers have no rights by law." Read the entire article: http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=9867530&nav=menu31_2 "I just want to be a part of my child's life," Rhoades said. "I think it's important that he knows who his father is." By KAY HYMOWITZ -- The Wall Street Journal 2/20/9 "Nadya Suleman, aka Octomom, is now the mother of 14 children -- eight newborns and their six older brothers and sisters. ....But in all of this punditry one question goes missing: Where is Octodad? Surely Ms. Suleman's babies have a father. Yet his role in the baby-palooza is barely mentioned. Not that this should surprise anyone. ...Married fathers who don't step up and share the burdens of diapers and pediatrician appointments are condemned, in the words of one much-discussed book of essays, as "bastards on the couch." After all, the argument goes, a father is just as much a parent as a mother. Except when we decide he's not, as did Ms. Suleman and her medical enablers...." Read the entire article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123509636945029173.html By WorldNetDaily 2/19/9 "Sgt. Chris Walker, a police officer in Petersburg, Va., grew up without ever meeting his biological father – until he suddenly discovered his own co-worker fit the description. ...."There's no hard feelings from me because I knew he did everything he could to locate me. He's my dad, and I love him, and I look forward to a lot of years with him," Walker said. "God works in mysterious ways."" Read the entire article: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89414 LONDON (AP) "A DNA test will be performed to determine if a 13-year-old boy fathered a baby with his 15-year-old girlfriend, his spokesman said Monday. ....The test comes after a Sunday tabloid newspaper reported that other teenage boys have come forward claiming to be the father of the newborn baby girl." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-02-16-uk-young-father_N.htm?csp=34&POE=click-refer by Brett Singer AOL Parent Dish - USA "When Mark Webb found out that his daughter wasn't actually his -- biologically, that is -- he didn't just get mad. He decided to get even and sue for paternity fraud." Read the entire article: http://www.parentdish.com/2009/02/02/paternity-suit-sparks-debate-about-rights-of-fathers/ By Roger Friedman -- Fox News "You’d think after the chaos last year surrounding former Senator John Edwards’ personal life, his wife, Elizabeth, would not be looking for more publicity — or inviting questions." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,487144,00.html by Moira Holden -- UKfamily – United Kingdom "DNA testing on babies in the womb is being carried out at the request of hundreds of women who have had affairs. It's thought that one in 25 men in Britain is unknowingly raising a child fathered by another man...." Read the entire article: http://ukfamily.co.uk/lifestyle/news/2009-1/general/pregnancy-paternity-tests.html
By DAVID KLEPPER "TOPEKA | Wife has an affair, gets pregnant and gives birth to a boy. Husband and wife divorce. Tests show the husband isn’t the father, but a court orders him to pay child support anyway. It is a story of what happens when the birds and the bees get entangled with the letter of the law, and on Wednesday, it had Kansas lawmakers scratching their heads." Read the entire article: http://www.kansascity.com/637/story/994731.html The Capital-Journal Editorial Board -- Published Sunday, January 25, 2009 "We've said time and again that job No. 1 for the Kansas Legislature is to resolve the state's budget crisis, but here's hoping lawmakers can make some time to unravel the dilemma that Army Master Sgt. Christopher Sprowson and his family are facing." Read the entire article: http://www.cjonline.com/stories/012509/opi_381238690.shtml by Shannon Firth -- findingDulcinea "One man’s quest to complete his family tree has unearthed long-kept secrets for some members of the Kincaid clan..." Read the entire article: http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/jan/DNA-Tests-Reveal-Unexpected-Complications-and-Truths.html View All Articles | Discussion  RSS Feed
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