Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia

My husband and I had our child on Feb, 7th 2009. We have been separated since Oct. 14th 2009. I then got a paternaty test and he wasnt the father. So do I need to petition her birth certificate to have his name removed first or have her real father ligitimize her first?

Also do I need to get an uncontested divorce with no child or a contested one with a child because I can prove that the father's name on her birth certificate isn't her biological father?


Asked on 3/22/10, 3:37 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Glen Ashman Ashman Law Office also dba Glen Ashman Attorney

He is the legal parent and you have to get a lawyer. (Forms will not begin to cover this mess). Paternity will have to be adjudicated in the case and three people will likely be involved in the case - bio dad, the legal dad (your husband) and you. The borth certificate issue will likely take a second case after the contested divorce. If both "dads" cooperate, the costs can be reduced. But you need a lawyer ASAP.

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Answered on 3/27/10, 7:26 pm


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