paternity fraud
False biological parentage
Paternity fraud is the deception of a man into believing he is the biological father of a child when he is not.
The term appears most often in legal and political contexts involving child support obligations: He sued for damages after DNA testing revealed paternity fraud.
The phrase carries an accusatory tone, implying deliberate maternal deception rather than simple uncertainty about paternity.
- financial liabilityOwed monetary obligation
- DNA profilingIdentification via genetic sequences
- child supportMandated parental financial contribution
- misrepresentationFalse or misleading statement
- genetic testingAnalysis for inherited disorders
blood test · emotional trauma · perjury · identity crisis · custody dispute · secrecy · parental rights · legal fees · cuckoldry · family dynamics · inheritance disputes · family court · genetic markers · wage garnishment · psychological counseling · ancestry tracing · stigma · infidelity
- paternity lawunmarried fathers, legitimacy, legitimation
- DNA testsDNA test, genetic test, DNA sample, genotyping, DNA profile
- parentageparentage, maternity, fatherhood, motherhood, natural parent
paternity, fraud, paternal, paternalism, paternalistic, paternally, father, patriarch, patriarchy