OUR MISSION
DNAPaternityJustice is a grassroots organization united in the belief that the term "Justice for all" should be a reality for all and not just a few. Our goal is to preserve the family structure through respect and dignity; support fair and balanced decisions on all family court matters; encourage parents to work toward bridging communication gaps though respect while being committed to the well being of their child as they work toward actual results; promote policies that support the right of alleged fathers to be disestablished in paternity fraud matters based on DNA testing, while ensuring, if possible that biological fathers support their own children; improve fairness in the areas of child custody, child support and visitation by both parents. Finally, to address the wholeness of the child and to be responsive to all the needs of the child without devastating the child's family since children need both parents.
THE FOCUS
We believe and support the following ....
Ø Children have a right to know their biological father.
Ø Children have a right to child support from both parents.
Ø Children have a right to a peaceful and loving environment.
Ø DNA paternity testing should be required to establish paternity within the
first 60 days of the child's birth if the parents are not married in order to obtain
child support, custody and/or visitation.
Ø We are not in agreement with a 500 years old English common law doctrine that presumes a child born during a
marriage is the biological child of the women's husband and men today are required to pay child support
although DNA Paternity testing evidence has proven the husband is not the biological father
of his wife's child. Paternity Fraud is unacceptable.
Ø No "Male" should be responsible for the support and maintenance of another
man's child, even if he has signed an affidavit of paternity in an attempt to do
the right thing when he was told he was the alleged father of the child.
Ø Parents should be given the opportunity to work out their differences through
family court mediation.
Ø A Paternity Notification Affidavit is a violation of privacy and no "MOTHER" should ever sign such a
statement. It undermines the main purpose of establishing paternity and questions the moral character
of the mother as well as views her in a negative characterization.
Ø We encourage family courts to make their decisions based on facts and hard-core evidence rather than beliefs,
speculations or subjective evidence.
Ø It is our opinion that the adversarial nature of custody cases in family court adds to the parental conflict and more
brake down in communication.
Ø We encourage the courts to address what appears to be a secret system of family justice with a closed-door approach
with claims of protecting the child, yet, in many cases sometimes violating rights of one of the parents
and adding to the destruction of the family.
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