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Velasquez v. Chavez – 2019 UT App 185 – child surname

November 28, 2019

Name Change, Parentage, Parental Alienation, Parental Rights

769 P.2d 273 (Utah Ct. App. 1989), best interest of child, changing child’s surname, child, child’s best interest, decision, district court, Hamby v. Jacobson, six-factor test, surname, Utah Court of Appeals

2019 UT App 185 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS DARIO ARTHUR VELASQUEZ, Appellant, v. STACY L. CHAVEZ, Appellee. Opinion No. 20180451-CA Filed November 15, 2019 Third District Court, Salt Lake Department The Honorable Matthew Bates The Honorable Patrick Corum No.…

Have you ever doubted that your child was actually yours and decided not to find out if true?

February 22, 2019

Divorce Utah

Dirty Tricks, Parentage, Paternity

not the biological father, not the real father, real dad

No, but over the course of my career as a family lawyer I have spoken to several men who suspected they might not be the biological father of children they were raising or had raised to adulthood, but didn’t care…

Can I use Ancestry.com to prove or disprove paternity?

January 24, 2019

Divorce Utah

Parentage, Paternity

Ancestry.com, DNA test, parentage, paternity

Question: Can I use Ancestry.com to order child support? Answer: I think you’re asking whether you can use a commercial DNA testing service to prove in court that you are or are not the biological father of a child for…

I had a child from an affair but my husband is raising the baby and is on the birth certificate, can the other man get custody of my child?

December 27, 2017

Divorce Utah

Child Custody, Extramarital affairs/Adultery, Parentage, Paternity

I had a child from an affair but my husband is raising the baby and is on the birth certificate, can the other man get custody of my child? I practice law in Utah, so my answer is based upon…