PATERNITY

Usually, paternity refers to the father of the child. In the legal sense, this could mean finding out who the father of your child is through a paternity test, or it could mean holding the biological father financially responsible for the child. No matter what your paternity needs are, LJ Law can help you.

Call our Salt Lake City paternity lawyers at 801-274-7001 to schedule a consultation and discuss your options. 

We know that paternity can be complicated, and paternity law usually come into play when the mother  is not married to the father of the child or children. While you are not required to be married in order to have kids, legal matters, even something as simple as enrolling your children in school, can require action on the fathers side.

If you’re a dad wanting to be involved in your child’s life, establishing paternity can really make a different. It can help strengthen your right to visitation and custody, even though you may not be married to the child’s mother.

Our Salt Lake City family law attorneys can help you with every aspect of paternity law, including:

• Accessing health insurance
• Ensuring a child’s inheritance
• Obtaining child support
• Establishing custody
• Registering for social security benefits
• Getting your children citizenship

Many people do not realize that paternity can affect many huge areas of a child’s life. Even worse, if you don’t establish who has custody of your children now, it is possible that the father can sue for custody later in life, causing a tangled and emotional legal situation.