Paternity Actions

Paternity Rights/Non-Marital Parental Relationships

A paternity action is a child custody and/or child support action brought between nonmarried parents of a child.

Whether you are a father seeking to prove the paternity of your child or a mother seeking a child support order from the alleged father of your child, the paternity and child custody lawyers at Griffith Young can help.

Give us a call at 858-345-1720 or contact us online to get started immediately. When needed, we accept same-day or after-hours appointments. We serve all of San Diego County from our office in Carlsbad.

Paternity Actions In Carlsbad

A paternity action is always a non-divorce action brought by an unmarried parent in order to establish a child support or child custody order, or both. Paternity actions may or may not require the father to take a paternity test depending on whether one of the parents contests the paternity of the child.

Paternity law in California is complex and ever-evolving. Many laws have resulted in divesting biological parents from parental rights merely because they waited too long to assert them. Further, some laws prevent a nonbiological parent from contesting paternity after a certain amount of time has passed since the birth of the child.

If you are a mother seeking to establish paternity of your child’s father, a father seeking parental rights, or a purported father seeking a DNA test to obtain the truth as to whether or not you have fathered a child, you must understand your legal rights before it is too late to assert them.

Contact our team of Carlsbad paternity attorneys. We can be reached online or at 858-345-1720.