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Paternity Test During Pregnancy

Why Have a Paternity Test During Pregnancy?

Once considered a medical impossibility, having a paternity test during pregnancy has become much more common. There are actually several good reasons to consent to a paternity test while pregnant.
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Here are some situations where the ability to engage in paternity testing before birth can make a positive impact.

Question of fatherhood

Paternity tests usually occur because there is some question about the paternity of the child. Generally, the doubt has to do with the fact that the mother of the child is believed to have engaged in sexual relations with more than one male during the assumed period of conception. In some instances, this suspicion may create a huge amount of negativity within a relationship.

The ability to conduct a paternity test during pregnancy can provide answers that will allow the question of fatherhood to be settled quickly. This means there will not be months of tension and stress added to the already stressful situation of carrying a child and giving birth.

Paternal responsibility

A paternity test during pregnancy also allows for the legal establishment of paternity, and the resulting establishment of paternal responsibility. In cases there the male disputes the claim that he is the father of the unborn child, the mother may choose to have a paternity test while pregnant.

The test will provide proof that the male in question is or is not the natural father of the child, and allow the mother to seek legal means of ensuring that the father provides at least financial support for the child. In cases where paternity is established during pregnancy, the court may also order the father to assist the mother with prenatal expenses as well.

Carrying a child as a result of a rape

Conducting a paternity test during pregnancy may also be necessary in cases where rape has occurred. When a pregnancy results within a time frame where this sort of violent sexual assault has occurred, the mother is certain to find the prospect of carrying a child as a result of the rape to be both emotionally and physically taxing.

If having a paternity test before birth can help to determine that the actual father is the husband or partner of the women, at least one source of pain and stress is removed from the trauma of undergoing physical invasion.

Paternity test early in the pregnancy

Having a paternity test during pregnancy is often a desirable course of action in cases where the paternity of the child needs to be established sooner rather than later.

No matter what the results, having the test early in the pregnancy eliminates months of speculation and stress that would have to be endured by the mother and to a lesser degree friends and relatives of the female and the assumed father.

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