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Child Support

What happens to child support if paternity is disproven in Tennessee?
My husband has a twelve year-old daughter who lives with her grandmother. The daughter has recently asked her father to submit to a DNA test. He just went to court on December 13th for twenty three thousand dollars in back child support and is now facing a jail sentence. We would like to know if, after twelve years, he is determined not to be the father, will he still have to pay child support? He has a court appointed attorney who said if my husband submitted to a DNA test, he would research the laws for Tennessee regarding this issue. We are financially unable to pay for a DNA test if it is not going to help him in the first place. Could you please let me know the law for this situation?
Category:
Child Support
State:
Tennessee
04/07/2025
Can a mother refuse to acknowledge any father for her child?
Can a mother refuse to acknowledge any father for her child, allowing no one any paternal rights and obligating no one to supply financial support, if no male attempts to claim paternity?
Category:
Child Support
State:
Ohio
04/07/2025