The child was born to defendant in April 2018. The birth certificate did not identify the father, nor was an affidavit or acknowledgment of paternity executed. After various legal troubles and intervention by the Department of Health and...
Following entry of the judgment of divorce, plaintiff filed a motion for revocation of an acknowledged father’s paternity under MCL 722.14371 of the Revocation of Paternity Act (RPA).
In this case, the court is asked whether a presumed father may, in a divorce action, challenge his paternity of a child born during the course of the marriage despite the fact that he did not raise the issue within three years of the child’s birth.
The referee explained as follows: Michigan law is clear that a minor child cannot have two legal fathers.
Plaintiff argued that the trial court erred in denying his motion because the parties previously acknowledged that he is the child's biological father. He also contended that the trial court erred in denying his request to order that the parties...
Plaintiff filed a paternity action claiming defendant was the father of her child. He was eventually served, but claimed the trial court lacked jurisdiction. The trial court disagreed and ordered a paternity test. When he failed to comply, it...
