How do I find Help for a Biological Father?
Whether married to the woman or not, the biological father has rights and responsibilities in every state.
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Biological Father, Legal Father, Presumed Father, or Putative Father?
It is important to know that the legal father can be different from the biological father.
While not often understood, if a woman is married, even if she is separated, the man she is married to is the legal father of the child, even if he is not the man who caused her pregnancy. As a legal father the man has certain rights and responsibilities.
If the man who impregnated the woman is not married to the woman, he is the biological father but is often referred to as the "putative" or "presumed" father. This man also has rights and responsibilities.
For information about your rights as the legal, presumed, putative, or biological father you should consult an attorney.
What about Paternity Testing?
A paternity test is the only way to establish with certainty whether a person is the biological father.
A paternity test can take place based on blood samples taken from the child, mother, and the man thought to be the biological father. Currently, a more reliable way to determine parenthood is a DNA analysis. DNA has taken over almost all other forms of testing and usually has a 99.9% accuracy rate.
Where to find more Help for a Biological Father Parenting a Child?
Any new biological father who raises or helps parent his child is faced with many new challenges including child care issues, new financial demands, new social roles and of course his own personal feelings. Becoming a father presents each man with a unique opportunity. To help you learn more about the changes you will face, how to get help, and practical suggestions on how to improve their fathering, we have provided some web links below: