When a child is born out of wedlock, legal issues that may arise fall under paternity actions. Paternity actions are quite similar to divorce actions, and oftentimes, statutes from paternity law mirror statues from divorce law. However, there are some differences and complexities with paternity that are not faced in divorce. One example is the surname of the child(ren).
In divorce, if a child is born of the marriage, the child will generally receive the surname of the parties (father’s surname most commonly). However, in paternity matters, this is not always the case. The child’s will be recorded under the ... Read More