When unmarried couples have a child, they may disagree about what name to give the child. Oklahoma Statutes describe the process for bringing the matter to court. Oklahoma judges have broad discretion to decide whether to change a child’s name. In the recent case of Reed v. Remmert, after the Court established father’s parentage, Dad [..]
A recent Centers For Disease Control & Prevention report documents the rising number of out-of-wedlock births. From 2006-2010, 45% of women age 15-44 who had children were unmarried, either not living with, or living with but not married to the father. The number of women living with but not married to the father of their [..]
Imagine yourself as a single mother. You want to collect child support from the only man you’ve been with, but the DNA testing lab whose test will prove him as the father messes up the test – not once but twice. You might want to assert a claim against the DNA lab. Despite the best [..]