Paternity is the legal front door to everything else — until parentage is established, an unmarried father has no enforceable right to possession and no obligation the court can size, and a mother has no support order to enforce. Audu Law Firm establishes and, where the facts require it, challenges parentage under the Texas Family Code.
Establishing Paternity
Acknowledgment
An Acknowledgment of Paternity signed by both parents establishes legal fatherhood without a court case — fast, and binding after a short rescission window. Signed casually at the hospital, it carries consequences most parents never read.
Court adjudication
Where parentage is disputed, the court orders genetic testing and adjudicates the father — and the same suit sets conservatorship, possession, and support in one order. Filing the paternity case without addressing the rest leaves a father with a name on a birth certificate and no schedule.
The presumed father problem
A child born during a marriage has a presumed father — the husband — even when biology says otherwise. Untangling presumed, acknowledged, and biological fatherhood involves strict statutory deadlines, and waiting can permanently close the courthouse door.
Rights follow parentage. Establish it correctly.
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