where to file a parentage case
A person who has sexual intercourse or causes conception with the intent to become a legal parent by assisted reproduction in California, submits to the jurisdiction of the courts here as to an action filed with respect to a child who may have been conceived by that act of intercourse or assisted reproduction. The case shall then be filed in one of the following: (1) The county in which the child resides or is found. (2) The county in which a licensed California adoption agency maintains an office if that agency brings the action. (3) If the father is deceased, the county in which proceedings for probate of the estate of the father of the child have been or could be commenced. ■
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The single most common application of the Uniform Parentage Act is the establishing of a parental relationship for support purposes.
welfare cases. A mother who wishes to receive welfare typically assigns her right to support to the County, and in turn the Department of Child Support Services pursues the parent for reimbursement purposes. It follows that the court must adjudge the parentage issue at least prior or consecutively to the support order. ■
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