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session 3: establishing paternity. Texas law recognizes 4 types of fathers…. Biological. Alleged. Presumed. Legal. session 3: handout Three Pathways to Paternity noun 1) the state of being a father 2) legal fatherhood; must be established when parents are not married.
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Texas law recognizes4 types of fathers… Biological Alleged Presumed Legal
session 3:handout Three Pathways to Paternity noun 1) the state of being a father 2) legal fatherhood; must be established when parents are not married • Acknowledgment of Paternity • Paternity Agreed Order • Paternity Petition
Instructions for the Legalese Activity • Play the legalese game like Jeopardy: • Divide the class into two or three teams. • Allow a team to choose a category and a point value • Select a question by clicking the point value. • The first team to “buzz in” tries to answer. If the answer is incorrect, then go to the next team to “buzz in”. • Team must answer in the form of a question • Award points to the team that answers correctly. • Click on the button to return to the main game board. Return To Main
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Deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material in a person’s cells that determines the person’s inherited characteristics.
What isDNA? Return To Main
A test comparing cells of parents and child to determine biological parentage.
What is DNA test? Return To Main
What is AOP- Acknowledgement of Paternity? Return To Main
An official place and proceeding where legal rulings are made by a judge.
What is court? Return To Main
What is rescind? Return To Main
Parent legally responsible for taking care of the child; the parent who receives support payments.
What is custodial parent? Return To Main
Parent not legally responsible for the day-to-day care of the child; the parent ordered by the court to make support payments.
What is non-custodial parent? Return To Main
Regular payments of money in an amount set by a court and paid to the custodial parent of a child.
What is child support? Return To Main
Term used to describe the ability of a non-custodial parent to know about medical records, school progress, and whereabouts of his/her child.
What is access? Return To Main
Term used to describe the dates and times a non-custodial parent can see or have possession of his/her child.
What is visitation? Return To Main
What ispaternity? Return To Main
The man who someone claims is the biological father of the child, but whose paternity has not yet been established.
What is alleged father? Return To Main
The man who has signed the AOP form, or whom the court finds responsible for supporting the child, or whose presumption is never rebutted.
What is legal father? Return To Main
The man whose genetic material contributed to the child’s conception.
What is biological father? Return To Main
The man who… was married to the child’s mother at the time of the birth, or was divorced from the mother less than 300 days before the birth, or lived with the mother and baby continuously for two consecutive years and held himself out as the baby’s father.
What is presumed father? Return To Main
WILD CARD THIS ONE IS WORTH 2X THE POINTS! Click here to see your question
Name one “pathway to paternity” for unmarried parents who agree.
2 possible answers: Acknowledgment of Paternity(AOP)Paternity Agreed Order Return To Main
What is fraud? Return To Main
What is duress? Return To Main
WILD CARD THIS ONE IS WORTH 2X THE POINTS! Click here to see your question
According to the AOP, “establishing parentage makes it easier for a child to receive benefits such as…” Name two of these benefits.
Any two of the following: • social security benefits • military and veteran’s benefits • health care coverage • life insurance • inheritance Return To Main
A certified entity mails the AOP to be filed here. [Hint: It is within the Texas Department of State Health Services.]
What is VSU-Vital Statistics Unit? Return To Main