Legal Question in Family Law in Arizona
If you were married in Arizona and conceived a child in Arizona by way of in-vitro fertilization and the father in not the biological parent and all three move to Texas...is the father suppose to legally adopt the child as his own or is he by default the parent of that child through marriage or by signing the child's birth certificate?
1 Answer from Attorneys
I am not sure I completely understand the question. BUT, IN ARIZONA, a child born during the marriage is PRESUMED to be a child of that marriage. HOWEVER, if you want to insure that the biological Father can never come and claim Paternity, then that person's rights must be terminated, and the child can then be adopted by the married Father (although that may not be totally necessary once the bio-dad's rights are terminated.
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