In his latest Huffington Post column, Cordell & Cordell Principal Partner Joe Cordell laid out the various problems that arise in family courts related to paternity.
While paternity is a serious problem in family courts, there is unfortunately very little being done to fix the issues.
“From fathers being required to pay support for children that DNA tests prove are not theirs to fathers blocked by the courts from being involved in their children’s lives,” Mr. Cordell wrote, “family courts have much to do before the current system is fixed and justice is served.”
Mr. Cordell detailed several paternity problems currently plaguing society such as paternity fraud, which has been described as a “national epidemic,” and the issues facing unwed fathers as they are given essentially no legal rights to their children until they establish paternity.
“There are numerous different scenarios where paternity can create issues that it is difficult to pinpoint exactly where changes need to be made,” Mr. Cordell said. “However, the current system is clearly not working for many fathers and children, which is why it is in desperate need of an overhaul. And yet, there has been little in the way of effort to institute change.”
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Written by Joseph E. Cordell
Joseph E. Cordell is the Principal Partner at Cordell and Cordell, P.C., which he founded in 1990 with his wife, Yvonne. Over the past 25 years, the firm has grown to include more than 100 offices in 30 states, as well as internationally in the United Kingdom. Mr. Cordell is licensed to practice in the states of Illinois and Missouri and received his LL.M. from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Joseph E. Cordell was named one of the Top 10 Best Family Law Attorneys for Client Satisfaction in Missouri.
