Children of Unmarried Parents
Creating Legal Relationships Paternity The filing of a paternity or parentage action is one method a person may establish a legal relationship with a child of unmarried parents. A more thorough discussion of paternity or parentage actions can be found in Section III of these materials and will not be fully reproduced in this section. However, some key points are important to restate and expand upon in the discussion of these types of cases and the actual litigation of these cases within the State court systems. In our prior discussions concerning unwed fathers, the assumption was that the unwed father