The working title for this section was "the burning groups to talk about." This is because when I started this work, my mind was pulling my experiences from legal practice and trying to pull them up to the law because I imagined there was some law out there that was raining down paternity categories. I could not have been more right and wrong at the same time. I'm only considering heterosexual relationships and I'm excluding any substance/abuse factors. The groups that ari

I didn't expect to get to talk about this in the paternity series, but it's relevant to a Legislative Resolution, so I get to incorporate it into my paternity concerns. You'll see from the prior post about the "Not-Father," that marriage and babies aren't always taken together. There are certainly circumstances when marriage is not necessary for having children. The Legislative Resolution states: "WHEREAS, it may be in the bet interest of Louisiana families to not have a pr

A man and a woman walk into the consultation regarding their new baby. They live in Louisiana. They chose not to get married for several reasons. They don’t mind justifying their particular reasons, which include tax consequences, home ownership implications, blended family issues, and preferring separate property laws over a prenuptial agreement in a community property state. They chose to have a baby together for several reasons. Do you really care? If so, go take a hum