Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

Paternity/Child Support

My husband had an affair and a child was born

as a result. The woman married assuming the

father was her husband, however, they separated,

he demanded a paternity test that showed he was

not the real father. She then came to my husband

for a paternity test, he showed 92% positive.

Question: I thought that in the State of Virginia,

if a child was born and a man was raising this

child as his own, he is the one obligated to pay

child support, not the biological father.

Question: I have heard about a recent case where a

woman sued her husband's mistress for "destroying

her family" and won? What are the chances of this

happening and where could I find articles on this?

Question: I was reading in the Virginia Law that

a paternity test had to be 98% positive in order to

be declared the biological father.

Question: The mother didn't come after my husband

until the baby was a year old. Does this matter at

all?

Thanks for your time.

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