Fathers’ Rights

As a father, you should have just as many legal rights of your child as the mother. Unfortunately, due to legalities such as paternity, you may not. Paternity refers to the legal establishment of the identity of a child’s father. While you may know in your heart that you are your child’s father, and while […]

Dads often get the short end of the stick when it comes to child custody even though every state has laws that state courts must consider parents without regard to gender. It is still more likely that your ex-wife will get more parenting time with your children than you. That leaves you trying to figure

Adopting your stepchildren can strengthen the ties of your Georgia family and give those children the security they need after being involved in their parents’ divorce. However, before the adoption process can begin, you and your spouse may require consent from one or more parties. American Adoptions notes that a Georgia birth father has several rights when

Georgia fathers like you may wonder about establishing paternity. If married, paternity is often established automatically. But what if you never married? Unmarried fathers often have to go through more complex steps to establish paternity.  Still, some professionals would argue that establishing paternity is worth the extra steps. After all, there are many benefits you

There is a persistent but erroneous perception that if parents split up when their child is still an infant, it does not matter if they share custody of the child or whether the father receives generous visitation time. The rationale is that the child is too young to understand what is going on and will

Identifying the mother of a child is rarely difficult. Knowing who fathered the child, though, can be considerably more challenging. Still, for many different reasons, establishing paternity is important. After all, the health and well-being of the child may depend on correctly classifying his or her father.  In Georgia, there are a variety of ways to establish paternity.