session 3: establishing paternity

Texas law recognizes 4 types of fathers… Biological Alleged Presumed Legal 2

Three Pathways to Paternity session 3: handout Three Pathways to Paternity noun 1) the state of being a father 2) legal fatherhood; must be established when parents are not married Acknowledgment of Paternity Paternity Agreed Order Paternity Petition 3

Legalese Vocabulary DNA Presumed Father Paternity Rescind Inheritance Duress Fraud NCP Visitation Biological Father Court VSU Access Child Support DNA Test AOP Legal Father Witness Alleged Father CP 4

Instructions for the Legalese Activity Play the legalese game like Jeopardy: Divide the class into two or three teams. Allow a team to choose a category and a point value Select a question by clicking the point value. The first team to “buzz in” tries to answer. If the answer is incorrect, then go to the next team to “buzz in”. Team must answer in the form of a question Award points to the team that answers correctly. Click on the button to return to the main game board. Return To Main

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Deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material in a person’s cells that determines the person’s inherited characteristics. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is DNA? Return To Main

A test comparing cells of parents and child to determine biological parentage. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is DNA test? Return To Main

A legal document for voluntarily acknowledging paternity. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

Acknowledgement of Paternity? What is AOP- Acknowledgement of Paternity? Return To Main

An official place and proceeding where legal rulings are made by a judge. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is court? Return To Main

To take back a statement. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is rescind? Return To Main

Parent legally responsible for taking care of the child; the parent who receives support payments. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is custodial parent? Return To Main

Parent not legally responsible for the day-to-day care of the child; the parent ordered by the court to make support payments. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is non-custodial parent? Return To Main

Regular payments of money in an amount set by a court and paid to the custodial parent of a child. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is child support? Return To Main

Term used to describe the ability of a non-custodial parent to know about medical records, school progress, and whereabouts of his/her child. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is access? Return To Main

Term used to describe the dates and times a non-custodial parent can see or have possession of his/her child. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is visitation? Return To Main

State of being a father; fatherhood. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is paternity? Return To Main

The man who someone claims is the biological father of the child, but whose paternity has not yet been established. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is alleged father? Return To Main

The man who has signed the AOP form, or whom the court finds responsible for supporting the child, or whose presumption is never rebutted. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is legal father? Return To Main

The man whose genetic material contributed to the child’s conception. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is biological father? Return To Main

The man who… was married to the child’s mother at the time of the birth, or was divorced from the mother less than 300 days before the birth, or lived with the mother and baby continuously for two consecutive years and held himself out as the baby’s father. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is presumed father? Return To Main

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Name one “pathway to paternity” for unmarried parents who agree.

Acknowledgment of Paternity (AOP) Paternity Agreed Order 2 possible answers: Acknowledgment of Paternity (AOP) Paternity Agreed Order Return To Main

A lie. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is fraud? Return To Main

Coercion; forced to do something against one’s will. AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is duress? Return To Main

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Name two of these benefits. According to the AOP, “establishing parentage makes it easier for a child to receive benefits such as…” Name two of these benefits.

Any two of the following: social security benefits military and veteran’s benefits health care coverage life insurance inheritance Return To Main

A certified entity mails the AOP to be filed here. [Hint: It is within the Texas Department of State Health Services.] AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind access court duress non-custodial parent VSU – Vital Statistics Unit alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

VSU- Vital Statistics Unit? What is VSU- Vital Statistics Unit? Return To Main