Paternity Dispute need advice on DNA request

LMURF11

Hi There, not sure where to put this but need advice, I have a 15 year old daughter. I was never in a relationship with her father, and her father was never named on the birth cert, I told her father the minute I fell pregnant , but I never got support from him. I met someone when my daughter was only 6 mnths old and we got married , I also have a second child with my husband. so we have a solid family unit and basically my husband has raised my 15 year old like his own. BUT now my daughter is asking questions about her biological father etc, her surname is my maiden name which also causes confusion . I have went to the fathers house about 4 years ago and his wife answered the door and basically didn't entertain me and asked me to leave. I left it and sent a solicitors letter to the father asking him to sign his name , I never got a reply . I recently found out that the father and his wife are back in Ireland and so I contacted his wife by sending her business page a message and I never got a reaction, I also sent a friend req to her on social media and to no avail. now I am left with a decision as to what to do , my daughter needs answers and I now believe that she will never have a relationship with her father / and his wife or if they have children , so do I go down the route of a solicitor for DNA or what is the best now ? What is the routine for getting DNA and court , do I have to pay ?// any advice I would greatly appreciate it , and is there a time limit for maintenance ? as in up til 18 or which ? ... At wits end at this stage

endacl

Advice? Speak to a solicitor. Who can give advice.

Little CuChulainn

It's a little unclear what you actually want. I sit just fifteen years of maintenance? If so you need a solicitor and a DNA test can be ordered by the court. If you want to force him to be a father then forget about it. Courts can't stop people being assholes.

LMURF11

its not about money at this stage but it Is about my daughter getting a definite answer as in if I fight for maintenance say at least my daughter will have his name as a definite father name and wondering what is the routine for getting DNA and courts is it complicated or worth it ?

Mr. Incognito

You could of course just leave them alone?

If he wanted a relationship with his daughter he could have had it and chose not to.

Your daughter is not "entitled" to know her father. That's life.

If you want maintainance etc by all means spend a fortune through the courts but I think the best thing is to leve your daughter make her own enquiries when she turns 18

nuac

Mod
Sorry, cannot give legal advice here.
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