[Concerned Man]

Hello,
I need to get some information regarding paternity and what Illinios Department of Public Aid can do to me, without my consient.

Here's my story,
I was seeing a woman for about 2 years most of which she lived with me. Things didn't work out between us and I asked her to move out. Two months later she turns up pregnant on my doorstep claiming that I am the only possible father. About a month later one of her friends ratted her out that there was a possible second father, even after I still spoke to her and was civil with her. Then a month after that, a mutual friend told me she had admitted that there is a third possible father. I still speak with her today and she is about 8 weeks away from her due date. She is going through IDPA because she can't afford the doctor bills on her own. With the dates and the research I have done so far its about 99% chance that the child is not mine. I am willing to take a paternity test just to prove that the child isn't mine.

Here's the problem, one of the two other possibles has skipped state with no forwarding address. And the other refuses to talk to her. She evidently had unprotected sex and allowed them to ejactulate in her, she was very drunk according to her. I have never once done that in the two years that we were together and was always known to be the careful one, reason being I didn't want to get into this situation I am currently in. I have heard through certain family members, both on her side as well as mine that she is telling IDPA that I am willing to be the father of the baby regardless of who's it is. I have never once said that and won't. But, her and I have had sex since she has become pregnant. When this baby is born and when its proven not to be mine I am removing what little she is in my life now completely. My question is can IDPA and her nail me for anything without me knowing about it. Like I said I am willing to take a dna test but is there any way she can go around that and just declare me the father without me knowing and when i find out it will be too late to contest the parenting of the child. I have already been told not to sign anything if I even go to the hospital when she goes into labor, and I don't plan on signing my name to even a congraulations card. Can anyone here answer my questions?

concerned man.

[aaron]

Make sure you do everything that you are supposed to do, and go to all of the court dates if a paternity action is commenced, until you have the DNA results which (presumably will) establish that you're not the father. They should be able to do a DNA paternity test from a simple cheek swab of you and the baby, after the baby is born.

[Maliaha]

Your right. Don't sign nothing- expecially birth certificate!! SHE, not you- has to get proof that your the father..If you sign birth cert. it will be hard to get out of anything, even if test proves your not the dad. It is just like signing a contract to pay child support for 18 years..lol