Legal Question in Family Law in Indiana

Re: Parental rights

In Indiana there is a presumption that a child born during the marriage is a child "of" the marriage. This presumption may be rebutted. In your petition for dissolution of marriage allege in a paragraph that although a child was born during the marriage, your husband is not the biological father. You will need to obtain the appropiate blood test to prove this allegation. This can be forced through a court order, if necessary. Some courts will not allow an agreement that he is not the father as such an action amounts to a bastardisation of the child without that child being represented and a few courts may even require a guardian ad litem be appointed for the child to represent his interests. When this is accomplished your husband would have no rights in regard to the child.