What Is The Dilemma Posed When a Child Born During a Marriage is not “Issue” of the Marriage?
Factual Scenario:
John and Jane Doe have a six-year marriage and no children. They have come upon difficult times in their marriage. They are encountering financial difficulties and are literally living from paycheck to paycheck. John is drinking more than usual to cope with the financial difficulties of the family. Both are worried about the security of their positions of employment. They decide to separate to determine if their marriage can be salvaged or if they should terminate their marriage by divorce or dissolution.
Both parties begin to date other persons during their separation from one another. Jane becomes pregnant with her “boyfriend’s” child. The boyfriend, Jeff, feels as though he was trapped into an unwanted and unplanned pregnancy and breaks up with Jane. Jane decides that she wants to try to reconcile with her husband, and they do reconcile and begin living together again as Husband and Wife. Six months later, a child is born and is named Aiden Doe. Because Aiden was born during the marriage of … Read More... “Paternity Issues: When A Child Is Born During A Separation”