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What does paternity mean?

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Noun
  1. fatherhood, being a father
  2. parental descent from a father
  3. (law) legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child
  4. (figuratively) authorship
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Must courts hold mothers accountable when they make false statements regarding paternity?
In the states that began to mandate paternity leave, a slightly greater number of fathers utilized it.
The role of certainty of paternity in determining the degree and nature of male investment in offspring is equivocal.
Then don't forget the minimum wage, lone parent support and maternity and paternity arrangements.
The program has the expectation that young dads will legitimize their children by acknowledging paternity.
Her husband, in turn, forfeits any paternity claims over children born subsequent to their sworn oaths.

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