Paternity important for the collection of child support
On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in child support on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. When unmarried women in Missouri give birth, the fathers of the children have an opportunity to affirm their paternity. They accomplish this by signing an Acknowledgment of Paternity, which is often completed before a hospital discharges a newborn. A study published in the journal Human Nature, however, determined that each year, about 750,000 newborns nationwide go home without any legal documentation declaring who their fathers are. This lack of paternity might impeded efforts by government agencies to collect child support. The study delved deeper