session 3: establishing paternity

1
session 3 establishing paternity
2
Texas law recognizes4 types of fathers
Biological
Alleged
Presumed
Legal
3
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

4
Legalese Vocabulary
5
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
6
p.a.p.a. Legalese
Shared Parenting
Fathers
Pot Luck
Establishment
? 100 ?
? 100 ?
? 100 ?
? 100 ?
? 200 ?
? 200 ?
? 200 ?
? 200 ?
? 300 ?
? 300 ?
? 300 ?
? 300 ?
? 400 ?
? 400 ?
? 400 ?
? 400 ?
? 500 ?
? 500 ?
? 500 ?
? 500 ?
7
Deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material in a
persons cells that determines the persons
inherited characteristics.
8
What isDNA?
Return To Main
9

• A test comparing cells of parents and child to
  determine biological parentage.

10
What is DNA test?
Return To Main
11
A legal document for voluntarily acknowledging
paternity.
12
What is AOP- Acknowledgement of Paternity?
Return To Main
13

• An official place and proceeding where legal
  rulings are made by a judge.

14
What is court?
Return To Main
15
To take back a statement.
16
What is rescind?
Return To Main
17
Parent legally responsible for taking care of the
child the parent who receives support payments.
18
What is custodial parent?
Return To Main
19

• Parent not legally responsible for the
  day-to-day care of the child the parent ordered
  by the court to make support payments.

20
What is non-custodial parent?
Return To Main
21

• Regular payments of money in an amount set by a
  court and paid to the custodial parent of a
  child.

22
What is child support?
Return To Main
23

• Term used to describe the ability of a
  non-custodial parent to know about medical
  records, school progress, and whereabouts of
  his/her child.

24
What is access?
Return To Main
25

• Term used to describe the dates and times a
  non-custodial parent
• can see or have possession
• of his/her child.

26
What is visitation?
Return To Main
27
State of being a father fatherhood.
28
What is paternity?
Return To Main
29

• The man who someone claims is the biological
  father of the child, but whose paternity has
  not yet been established.

30
What is alleged father?
Return To Main
31

• The man
• who has signed the AOP form, or
• whom the court finds responsible for supporting
  the child, or
• whose presumption is never rebutted.

32
What is legal father?
Return To Main
33

• The man whose genetic material contributed to the
  childs conception.

34
What is biological father?
Return To Main
35

• The man who
• was married to the childs 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
  babys father.

36
What is presumed father?
Return To Main
37

• WILD CARD
• THIS ONE IS WORTH 2X THE POINTS!

Click here to see your question
38
Name one pathway to paternity for unmarried
parents who agree.
39
2 possible answers
Acknowledgment of Paternity(AOP)Paternity
Agreed Order
Return To Main
40

• A lie.

41
What is fraud?
Return To Main
42

• Coercion forced to do something against ones
  will.

43
What is duress?
Return To Main
44

• WILD CARD
• THIS ONE IS WORTH 2X THE POINTS!

Click here to see your question
45
According to the AOP, establishing parentage
makes it easier for a child to receive benefits
such as Name two of these benefits.
46

• Any two of the following
• social security benefits
• military and veterans benefits
• health care coverage
• life insurance
• inheritance

Return To Main
47

• A certified entity mails the AOP to be filed
  here.
• Hint It is within the Texas Department of
  State Health Services.

48
What is VSU-Vital Statistics Unit?
Return To Main
49
(No Transcript)