August is National Child Support Awareness Month
For several years now August has been designated as National Child Support Awareness Month. Across the country both state and federal governments are raising awareness of the importance of child support.
According to Wikipedia’s definition, “Child support is based on the policy that both parents are obliged to financially support their children, even when the children are not living with both parents.
Child support refers to the financial support of children and not other forms of support, such as emotional support, physical care, or spiritual support.”
One of the primary ways of establishing paternity for child support purposes is through the use of DNA testing. Whenever the outcome of a paternity test may lead to legal action it is imperative that tested individuals request a legal, or court admissible, paternity test.
These tests can be used in a court of law and are frequently performed when one or both parents are seeking child support.
Paternity actions typically occur when a child is born out of wedlock and can be filed by either parent. Mothers will often file paternity actions if she is in the process of trying to get a man to provide child support or other parental obligations.
Fathers, on the other hand, may file a paternity action to secure his rights as the biological father.
Arizona Mobile DNA Services, one of Arizona’s leading providers of legal paternity tests, has quickly become a favorite of family law attorneys and the general public.
The Arizona paternity testing company utilizes Chromosomal Laboratories, an AABB accredited reference laboratory that makes their results admissible in all 50 states.
“August being National Child Support Awareness Month brings to light the important role that fathers play in raising a child,” reported Ilaiza Cochrane, President of Arizona Mobile DNA Services.
“Children need love and support from their fathers without a doubt, but they also need financial support.”