Paternity

Experienced and Knowledgeable Paternity Lawyer

Dallas-Fort Worth | Tarrant County | Collin County | North Texas

Fatherhood carries with it significant responsibilities, including the duty to contribute financially to the upbringing of the child until the child reaches the age of 18, or graduates from high school, which ever occurs last. Being legally recognized as the father of a child may allow a man to obtain child visitation rights or primary custody.

The Law Office of Anne Turner Beletic is an experienced family law firm. For 25 years, we have represented men and women in paternity cases and other family law matters. We advise and represent clients in paternity matters, including:

• Paternity as it relates to child support
• Paternity as it relates to child visitation rights and custodial/conservatorship rights
• Voluntary or contested termination of parental rights

Attorney Anne Turner Beletic has been board certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1990, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, and the Collaborative Law Institute.

Paternity and the Law

Blood tests are no longer used in the paternity testing process. Rather, a few skin cells are taken from the mouths of the man and child in a completely painless manner. The two DNA samples are then compared.

The Law Office of Anne Turner Beletic represents both women and men in paternity cases in which a mother wishes to establish paternity in order to obtain child support. We also represent men and women in situations where a man wishes to establish paternity in order to obtain child visitation rights or primary custody, or where one or the other parent wants the father's parental rights terminated.

The Law Office of Anne Turner Beletic can discuss these and other aspects of paternity with you.

Whether it involves child support, visitation, conservatorship or contested or voluntary parental rights in a termination matter, the Law Office of Anne Turner Beletic will work to achieve your goals, while protecting your rights.

Contact us at 214-953-0017 or by e-mail. We serve clients in the Dallas area, Tarrant County, Collin County and across north Texas, including the communities of Plano, Flower Mound, Lewisville and Denton.