Can Presumed Fathers Pursue Custody Rights in Texas Divorce?
Divorce may end your relationship with your wife but it does not break the bond between you and your children. Unfortunately, I have seen divorce cases where my clients learn for the first time they are not the biological fathers of the children they love. The good news is that Texas law does not necessarily… Read More »
DIY Paternity Tests
Early in the 20th century, scientists developed a blood-typing method to help establish biological paternity, but the results were limited. The development of genetic testing made paternity testing more accurate, but before 1980, DNA analysis was still only 80 percent accurate. Current DNA tests have an almost perfect ability to determine a familial link, and… Read More »
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl: The Drama Of Baby Veronica
In a heartbreaking case that has drawn national attention, three-year-old Baby Veronica appears to be moving back to South Carolina and the home of the only parents she knew for the first two years of her life. When her adoptive parents sought to finalize their adoption of Veronica, the birth father, Dusten Brown, reasserted parental… Read More »