Child Support and Paternity
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Child Support
Child Support Chapter of the Family Law Handbook published by North Penn Legal Services. (2021)
Dauphin County: Navigating the Child Support Process
Information and instructional videos from the Dauphin County Self Help Center on navigating the child support process in Dauphin County.
Family Law Handbook
This handbook provides useful information about common Family Law issues. If you need Family Law help, this handbook has good suggestions about some of the most common areas of Family Law. This handbook also gives answers to commonly asked questions. (2021)
Paternity
In Pennsylvania, when a child is born to a woman who is unmarried, there is no legal relationship between the father and the child. A father of a child born to an unmarried woman is not the father for legal purposes. Therefore, paternity is the way to establish legal fatherhood. This is the Paternity Chapter of the Family Law Handbook published by North Penn Legal Services proving information on the issue of paternity. (2021)
Dauphin County: Navigating the Child Support Process
Information and instructional videos from the Dauphin County Self Help Center on navigating the child support process in Dauphin County.
Child Support
Child Support Chapter of the Family Law Handbook published by North Penn Legal Services. (2021)
Paternity
In Pennsylvania, when a child is born to a woman who is unmarried, there is no legal relationship between the father and the child. A father of a child born to an unmarried woman is not the father for legal purposes. Therefore, paternity is the way to establish legal fatherhood. This is the Paternity Chapter of the Family Law Handbook published by North Penn Legal Services proving information on the issue of paternity. (2021)
Child Support
Child Support Chapter of the Family Law Handbook published by North Penn Legal Services. (2021)
Child Support
Child Support Chapter of the Family Law Handbook published by North Penn Legal Services. (2021)
Family Law Handbook
This handbook provides useful information about common Family Law issues. If you need Family Law help, this handbook has good suggestions about some of the most common areas of Family Law. This handbook also gives answers to commonly asked questions. (2021)
Paternity
In Pennsylvania, when a child is born to a woman who is unmarried, there is no legal relationship between the father and the child. A father of a child born to an unmarried woman is not the father for legal purposes. Therefore, paternity is the way to establish legal fatherhood. This is the Paternity Chapter of the Family Law Handbook published by North Penn Legal Services proving information on the issue of paternity. (2021)
Dauphin County: Navigating the Child Support Process
Information and instructional videos from the Dauphin County Self Help Center on navigating the child support process in Dauphin County.