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February 15, 2007
Legislative Update: Bills to Allow Disestablishment of Paternity
Legislation is working its way through the Colorado legislature that would make it harder for Colorado to force people to pay child support to children DNA tests have proven aren't theirs. The text of the bill. See the CBS4Denver website for a news video on the bill.
According to the Kansas City Star, this week a bill was introduced into the MIssouri legislature allowing DNA evidence to disestablish paternity after the current one-year limitations period.
See this Time magazine article on the national movement to pass similar legislation.
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February 15, 2007 in Child Support (establishing), Child Support Enforcement, Paternity | Permalink
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