Paternity Suit
nounid
105210·updated May 18, 2026verified
a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined)
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- bastardy proceeding
- plural
- Paternity Suits
- possessive
- Paternity Suit's
- pluralpossessive
- Paternity Suits'
Framework definitions
- §1
- a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined)
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Incoming relationships
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