Paternity

This is the Paternity Chapter of the Family Law Handbook published by North Penn Legal Services. 

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. (2026)

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