Can I get a court order forcing my BIO dad to submit to a DNA test and list him on my birth certificate?

I was conceived during a brief courtship between my BIO father and my mother in the early part of 1970. She was 17, him 19. She got pregnant and he was scared to death. He denied being the father of the unborn child. After I was born, my maternal grandmother contact my BIO father and asked if he would help support me, he refused stating that he was not the father. She contacted the magistrate and filed a warrant for 'non support of illegitimate child'. A court battle ensued and the end result was my BIO father was found guilty, ordered to pay child support. He complied or his parents paid it for him, regardless it was paid. Around when I was 9, he wanted to meet me and have a relationship with me. Didnt see him again until I was 13, and went on a family vacation with him, his parents, his wife and new baby girl. Since that vacation he hasnt had anything to do with me, denies I am his. How can I force him to submit to DNA testing and how can I put his name on my birth certificate?
Tough issue. If the court already made him responsible for paying support, then proof has already been given to the court that he is your paternal parent.

I do not know what State/Country you live in. Here in the US, usually you can just go to your Superior Court of your county, file a complaint requesting that your father does a paternity test. If the test comes positive, then I will request for the Judge to 'order' him to give your father's last name to you. I don't think though, that 'legally' he could be forced to do this.

But (just my opinion), for what it sounds to me is, that your dad does not want to be a part of your life. It doesn't sound like a paternity issue, it sounds to me that your father just does not care.

My God-Mother told me a long time ago, not to seek for peoples love if they aren't seeking for yours. She said, do not love others that do not love you.

It took me many years to get over a similar situation like yours. But finally, I found peace within when I let it go.

I hope that you find that peace too.
If you have to force him do you really want his name there? Until he decides to accept this there is little you can do to make him change or be adult about this. You deserve better but do not take this as how he feels, how could he know himself if he has been sitting on the fence of denial wasting time that cannot be replaced. Just be there if he does change he will see your example of patience and love,
take care
For him to have been ordered to pay support, the judge must first have determined he was your father. The matter is settled, legally, and you cannot reopen it to force a paternity determination now.

As part of that determination, the judge may have ordered your father's name be put on the birth certificate. Just because it was ordered, doesn't mean the bureaucrats actually got around to doing it, however. You need to review the paternity determination order.

There is no legal means to force him to quit denying you are his child.
DNA paternity testing is ordered regularly by the courts for various reasons, but laws in different states may vary. Chances are your father was ordered DNA testing when he was ordered to pay child support. Get a copy of that order to find out. I am not sure if it was a requirement at that time.

Contact the Maury Povich (sp) show. His show specializes in this type of testing. Are you willing to go on National television and tell your story?

Or contact the magistrate that handled the case in the first place and ask him.

In my opinion, your father was flaunting his new family when he contacted you and invited you on a family vacation with his new family. If that is true, it is cruel. Do not let this distract you from your goal. If you are 13 then he has responsibilities to help care for you. Please understand...you cannot make him love you, but you can make him own up to his responsibility to you.

Also you can contact your local district attorney's office and ask them for guidance.


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No. It's an invasion of privacy. Unless there is a crime being investigated or some cause involving child support, then no...you can not compel someone to give DNA. By the way, on a DNA test, all you have to say is that you are a practicing Jehovah's Witness, and they can't take any kind of swab.