When parents of a child are unmarried before the birth, paternity should be established to clarify or pave the way for key aspects of family relationships after the birth:
- Child custody
- Child support
- Parental rights
- Inheritance
An unmarried parents scenario may be distressing for you and your family. Failure to address paternity at this critical time, however, may bring greater legal and personal battles in the future. Riach Gese is a trusted family law firm in Lynnwood, Washington. Our family law attorneys help clients through many complex and perplexing family law and related matters, such as divorce, probate and adoption. Our lawyers are here to help you with paternity issues, compassionately and cost-effectively.
Clients often approach our law firm in need of paternity actions in cases like these:
- A pregnant woman or new mother wants the father to pay child support.
- A father wants to establish his role in a child's life for purposes of visitation or child custody.
- A purported father wants to demonstrate that he is not the father — or he may be uncertain and wants to find out.
- Both parents understand the importance of identity in a child's life.
- Parents may plan on giving up the child through a private adoption and need to establish the father's identity to terminate his parental rights along with the mother's.
Whatever your circumstances and concerns, a Lynnwood paternity attorney can advise you on the most expedient way to resolve paternity questions and help you establish the child's identity in the eyes of the state of Washington.
Establish Paternity for Child Support and Child Custody
For more information about paternity testing, child custody and child support, talk to an attorney to learn how our law firm can help you. E-mail or call Riach Gese at 425-776-3191.
