Miami Paternity Attorneys
What Is Paternity?
Family law includes the determination of paternity, a case where we must know whether the alleged father is the child’s biological father. We represent both mothers and fathers in paternity cases in South Florida. A man may be a presumptive father, a putative father, a prospective father, or an unmarried biological father, yet have no rights other than notice of proceedings with respect to the child. If the child is born to a woman who is married to someone other than the man in question, he may be entitled to even less.
Our attorneys provide experienced guidance for paternity matters. Call (754) 704-1894 to schedule a consultation.
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Father’s Rights
Both parents have equal rights to participate in the child-rearing, decision-making, and time-sharing with their children. Both parents also owe a duty of financial support to their children. Florida law requires courts to treat fathers equally to that of Mothers when making decisions related to children, with the best interest of the child being the primary consideration.
In most circumstances, both fathers and mothers have the right to have frequent and continuing contact with the children (referred to as timesharing) and to participate in decision-making of major decisions affecting the children (referred to as shared parental responsibility). The policy behind both parents’ equal entitlement to time-sharing with and decision-making over children is that children generally benefit from having two loving and involved parents, regardless of the breakdown of the parents’ marital or other relationship.
