session 3: establishing paternity


Texas law recognizes4 types of fathers…

Biological

Alleged

Presumed

Legal


session 3: handout

Three Pathways to Paternity noun 1) the state of being a father 2) legal fatherhood; must be established when parents are not married

1. Acknowledgment of Paternity

3. Paternity Petition

2. Paternity Agreed Order

DNA Presumed Father Paternity

Rescind Inheritance

Duress Fraud NCP

Visitation Biological Father

Court VSU Access

Child Support DNA Test

AOP Legal Father Witness

Alleged Father CP

Legalese Vocabulary

Instructions for the Legalese ActivityPlay the legalese game like Jeopardy:

1. Divide the class into two or three teams.

2. Allow a team to choose a category and a point value

3. Select a question by clicking the point value.

4. The first team to “buzz in” tries to answer. If the answer

is incorrect, then go to the next team to “buzz in”.

5. Team must answer in the form of a question

6. Award points to the team that answers correctly.

7. Click on the button to return to the main game board.Return

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p.a.p.a. Legalese

Deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material in a

person’s cells that determines the person’s inherited

characteristics.

AOP child support DNA test legal father rescind

access court duressnon-custodial parent

VSU – Vital Statistics Unit

alleged father custodial parent fraud paternity visitation

biological father DNA inheritance presumed father witness

What is

DNA?

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A test comparing cells of parents and child to determine biological parentage.






What is

DNA test?

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A legal document for voluntarily acknowledging

paternity.

What is

AOP-Acknowledgement of

Paternity?

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An official place and proceeding where legal rulings are

made by a judge.






What is

court?

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To take back a statement.






What is

rescind?

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Parent legally responsible for taking care of the child; the parent who receives support

payments.






What is

custodial parent?

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Parent not legally responsible for the day-to-day care of the child; the parent ordered by the court

to make support payments.






What is

non-custodial parent?

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Regular payments of money in an amount set by a court

and paid to the custodial parent of a child.






What is

child support?

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Term used to describe the ability of a non-custodial parent to know about medical records, school progress, and whereabouts of

his/her child.






What is

access?

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Term used to describe the dates and times a non-custodial parent

can see or have possession of his/her child.






What is

visitation?

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State of being a father; fatherhood.






What is

paternity?

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The man who someone claims is the biological father of the

child, but whose paternity has not yet been established.






What is

alleged father?

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The man • who has signed the AOP form, or• whom the court finds responsible for

supporting the child, or• whose presumption is never

rebutted.






What is

legal father?

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The man whose genetic material contributed to the

child’s conception.






What is

biological father?

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The man who…• was married to the child’s mother at the

time of the birth, or • was divorced from the mother less than

300 days before the birth, or• lived with the mother and baby

continuously for two consecutive years and held himself out as the baby’s father.






What is

presumed father?

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WILD CARD

THIS ONE IS WORTH 2X THE POINTS!

Click here to see your question

Name one “pathway to paternity”

for unmarried parents who agree.

2 possible answers:

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Acknowledgment of Paternity

(AOP)

Paternity Agreed Order

A lie.






What is

fraud?

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Coercion; forced to do something

against one’s will.






What is

duress?

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WILD CARD

THIS ONE IS WORTH 2X THE POINTS!

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According to the AOP, “establishing parentage makes it easier for a child to receive

benefits such as…”

Name two of these benefits.

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Any two of the following:

• social security benefits• military and veteran’s

benefits• health care coverage• life insurance• inheritance

A certified entity mails the AOP to be filed here.

[Hint: It is within the Texas Department of State Health Services.]






What is

VSU-Vital Statistics Unit?

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