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The child support office can schedule DNA testing to determine whether or not the individual is the father. After positive DNA testing results are returned to the local child support office from the certified DNA lab, paternity will be established through court order.

The notice of a claim of paternity may be filed before the birth of the child but shall be filed within 30 days after the birth of the child.

If there is a legally established father (for example, under the marital presumption or by a signed paternity acknowledgment), the statute of limitations to challenge the paternity of the legal father is 2 years from the child's birth.

The court is required to set a temporary order of child support if a party motions for it, and if the party shows “clear and convincing evidence of parentage on the basis of genetic tests.”6 Once parentage is established under Tennessee law, the child shall be entitled to inherit from the father in accordance with ...

Paternity is automatically established if the parents are married to each other when the child is born. The mother's husband is considered the legal father, and his name will be placed on the child's birth certificate.

A voluntary declaration of parentage or paternity is a California governmental form that, when signed by both parents, establishes them as the legal parents of the child. The form must be signed voluntarily. No one can force either person to sign the form.

An action to establish parentage may be brought before or after the birth of the child until three (3) years after the age of majority. The age of majority in Tennessee is 18, thus a Petition in order to establish paternity may be brought until the child is 21 years old.

If the mother and father of a child are married to each other when a child is born, legal paternity is automatically established in Tennessee. The mother's husband is considered the legal father, and his name will be denoted on the child's birth certificate as the father.

Legal parents have the right to have a relationship with their child and to visit their child. Once a father acknowledges paternity, he gains these rights. If parents cannot agree on custody or visitation, parents may obtain a Court Order.

Legal parents have the right to have a relationship with their child and to visit their child. Once a father acknowledges paternity, he gains these rights. If parents cannot agree on custody or visitation, parents may obtain a Court Order.