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    I'm from Michigan. My boyfriend of 3 years tells me that he may have fathered a child about 14 years ago. The girl kept telling him that the child was his. He kept asking for a DNA test but she wouldn't go for it. The baby has been born and another man is listed as the father on the birth certificate. Anyway, my question to anyone out there who could answer it is: if she does decide to have the DNA test done and he does turn out to be the father, will he have to pay the child support or is everything lost since there is a different father listed on the birth certificate????? Plus, would he lose all rights to that child???? Someone please help!!! Thanks in advance!

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    Default Re: Unsure About Paternity

    Depending on the full facts and circumstances, although after fourteen years it's quite unlikely, it's not outside the realm of possibility that the other father could be determined not to be the father in a legal proceeding, such as a divorce, with your boyfriend then being made the subject of a paternity action. He would then have to pay child support from that point forward, normally until the child reaches the age of 18 or to the age of 19-1/2 if the child continues to reside at home and attend high school on a full-time basis. Currently your boyfriend has no rights to the child.

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