Paternity

In March 2006 I had sex with an Ivorian (citizen of Ivory Coast ) woman who was a student in Pennsylvania. I was a student in California (I am also an Ivorian citizen who came in the US for a one year program). After we had had sex for the first time the woman told me she was pregnant. In August, I returned home after completion of my program. The woman stayed in the US after her one year program and gave birth in December 2006. She returned home for good in February and is working there. According to the applicable law in the Ivory Coast , the father has the obligation to make the declaration of birth. I indicated to the woman while she was in the US , the last and first name of the child. She was supposed to add a middle name to the first name. I then asked her to send me the paternity form so that I can complete it and resend it to her. Surprisingly, she completed the form by herself and did not put my family name as last name and neither did she put the first name (which is my mother's name). As a result, I did not sign the paternity form as it was not in compliance with what I told her that I would do. Currently, the three of us are living in the Ivory Coast . For me it is a denial of paternity. Question: As we are living in the Ivory is it possible that the case be brought to the local court in order to request the name change? A child that does not have the name of his father is shame in our society.

I have been paying child support for 8 years for a daughter I'm not sure is mine. I would like to get DNA testing to know if she is mine. Is it too late? Depending on outcome I would like to either a. stop paying, or b. get visitation. 2. If I get married, will the court take into consideration my new wife's income in establishing amount of child support?

A couple living together had a baby and at her birth requested that they be able to legitimize her by filling out the paperwork necessary and entering the father's name on the birth certificate. After a period of time their relationship fell apart and both wanted custody of the child. The baby had the father's last name and there was no issure of paternity. Since the Human Services Department had no part in determining paternity except to provide the paperwork for legitimizing the baby's birth, what court would have jurisdiction?

I have been in a relationship with a woman who has been separated from her husband for quite some time. During this separation we established a relationship and she became pregnant and recently gave birth. The mother and I acknowledged that I am the father of the child. Her husband also acknowledges that he is not the father. My daughter's birth certificate shows the husband as the father. How do I get this changed so to establish paternity and show that I am the legal biological father?

I'd like to know if I can have my ex-husband's parental rights forcably terminated. We have two children, under the ages 12 years old. We divorced when they were 2 and 4 years old. He moved out of state before the divorce was final, and without notice to anyone. He pays child support sparatically. He's currently somewhere around $60,000 behind in child support. He was convicted for, and served time for, a felony drug charge. He is a drug addict. He moves constantly, without ever giving any notice to me where he might be. I never know where he's living nor working. Our children still have contact with his sister and when they are at her house he'll contact them by phone, but they don't see her very often. He has not physically seen them in over a year, and if they are not at his sisters house he makes no attempt to contact them.