Legal Father Not Told of Affair, Possibility of Nonpaternity
About 16 years ago my sister decided to date one cousin and cheat with another cousin. At first she thought for sure her daughter was her boyfriends, but the other cousin knew there was a chance that she was his. The boyfriend now an ex has been paying child support ( off and on) not knowing there is a chance she is not his and has major back support. For the last 5 years or so now that her daughter is older and looks just like the cousin, body type, facial features, everything believes with all of her heart that the cousin is the father and not the boyfriend. She has tried to get the cousin to do a "secret" DNA test to find out before saying anything and he won't do it, saying he don't want to ruin his relationship with his cousin ( too late if you ask me). She is afraid that if she says anything to the CS place that she will have to payback the boyfriend even tho he took responsibility for the child for the first 3 years of her life. The child and boyfriend no longer have a relationship at the request of the child ( he has been a dead beat and lied to her, her whole life). I have told her she is being selfish and needs to do the right thing.
My question is how do I help her make this right and what actions could or would be taken against her.
She lives in Michigan
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