Paternity & Parental Rights

Sometimes the parents of a child were never married to each other and it is in the child's best interest that the biological father's legal rights be established as to that child. Occasionally a child will be born into a marriage when the husband is not the father, creating complex problems regarding parentage. The formal establishment of parental rights through a paternity case is the only legal means of ensuring that a child may have a relationship with both parents and be adequately supported. Sometimes there are circumstances where it is in a child's best interest that the parental rights of a parent be terminated, and our attorneys at McCurley Orsinger McCurley Nelson & Downing, L.L.P. are experienced in both the establishment and termination of parental rights when appropriate.