Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia

I was wondering if it is possible to seek a court ordered DNA test on a child that has been adopted? My husband has a female friend that decided she wanted to start some trouble when I asked them to cut ties. She made an accusation that her son might be my husbands, of course he denies everything. She has also claimed that her family now has full custody of her son and it is not possible for us to get a DNA test. Despite all of the he said she said, it is a serious accusation and regardless of the of the situation, it would put my mind to rest to know the truth. Unfortunately, I do not know which of her family members has custody of her son, would it still be possible to get a DNA test? My husband claims that she was just a friend, they never slept together. So he had no reason to seek paternity. So someone is being dishonest. I am unsure of the adoption procedure, but from my understanding, she gave her son up to one of her family members. There are two men involved, the other possible father is her ex boyfriend, and he claims nobody came to him for a paternity test, but he says it is his son, but he doesn't know for sure. It is all very confusing, and everything could be laid to rest with a DNA test. My husband hasn't always been an honest person, so it is hard to know if he's telling the truth or if she is just making up crazy accusations to start trouble. She is young, only 22, her son will be 7 this November. She was 15 when she got pregnant, my husband would have been about 21 or 22 at the time, if she is telling the truth.


Asked on 9/02/12, 7:30 pm

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Glen Ashman Ashman Law Office also dba Glen Ashman Attorney

If there has been an adoption, the answer usually (and almost always) would be no, but even in the rare one in a million cases where the answer would be yes, your husband would have to seek it, and if he says he isn't the father, the test isn't happening. You can't seek one.

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Answered on 9/02/12, 7:33 pm


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