Title: Research paternity rights and responsibilities.
Course: GRADS: Work Focus (19906) > Section: Examining Legal Rights of Parents and Guardians

Research should include

- a legal definition of paternity
- methods for establishing paternity
- benefits to the child
- legal rights of fathers.

Process/Skill Questions

Thinking

- How is paternity established?
- What are the reasons for establishing paternity?
- What are some of the concerns surrounding paternity testing?

Communication

- Why might a mother not want to acknowledge the father of her child?
- Why might a father not want to acknowledge a child?
- What communication skills are needed when paternity is in question?

Leadership

- What steps can society take to get more men to acknowledge paternity?
- How does establishing paternity benefit the child? The family? Society?

Management

- What are the consequences of not establishing paternity?
- What are the consequences of signing a Declaration of Paternity without having a paternity test done?
- What steps can a father take to demonstrate responsibility for a child?