Getting the Best Value for your Legal Dollar
May 01, 2013
It's a new era of fast paced communication and power packed technology. How does this ever evolving digital world affect your legal experience and impact your legal investment in a competent attorney?...
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2013 Tax Credit for Non-custodial Parents
Feb 20, 2013
In New York, a non-custodial parent can get a tax credit (also known as the noncustodial EIC) if they pay child support. The credit is designed as a substitute for the New York State earned income cr...
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How to comply with the law when you are not sure whether you are a father?
Aug 29, 2011
Paternity can be determined by administrative
procedures which take into account highly accurate tests conducted on blood or
tissue samples of the man, mother and child. Genetic test results indicate...
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Why should unmarried people legally establish paternity?
Aug 29, 2011
In addition to
providing a basis for child support, paternity establishment can provide basic
emotional, social, and economic ties between a father and his child. There are
strong indications that chi...
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Can paternity be established if the father is in the military?
Aug 29, 2011
Essentially a civilian matter.
The commanders roleadvise member of the paternity claim and refer him to counsel; assist member who acknowledges paternity; respond to complainant.
Commander has no...
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Which states recognize common-law marriage?
Aug 29, 2011
AlabamaColoradoGeorgia (if created before 1/1/97)Idaho (if created before 1/1/96)IowaKansasMontanaNew Hampshire (for inheritance purposes only)Ohio (if created before 10/10/91)Oklahoma (possibly only i...
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ESTABLISHING FATHERHOOD in the United States
Aug 29, 2011
ESTABLISHING FATHERHOOD: PATERNITY
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A father can acknowledge paternity by signing a written admission orvoluntary acknowledgementof paternity. All states have programs under w...
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Can an unmarried father register paternity in Georgia?
Aug 21, 2011
Yes, Georgia has a Paternity Registery.The putative father registry includes two types of registrations:
Persons who acknowledge paternity of a child or children before or after birth in a signed wr...
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What is the legal definition of "father" in Georgia?
Aug 21, 2011
According to the law in Georgia, the "biological father" is: the biological father is the male who impregnated the biological mother resulting in the birth of the child.
The legal father is a male who...
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How can I establish paternity in Georgia if I've never been married to my child's mother?
Aug 21, 2011
In Georgia, a father of a child born out of wedlock may render his relationship with the child legitimate by petitioning the superior court of the county of the residence of the child's mother or other...
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