paternity
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5.8
- noun
- /pəˈtɜrnɪti/
:
paternidad
- She filed a paternity suit to establish his legal responsibilities as a father.
- establish paternity
- determine paternity
- claim paternity
The father recognized the paternity of his children.
- The father recognized the paternity of his children.
- But because paternity uncertainty is the main issue for guys.
- He was in the news for allegedly taking his baby mom to paternity court.
- It's, and the confession, I guess is close to a confession as we can get about the paternity of Jewel.
- That that is Kevin, if you believe paternity tests.
- Universal childcare, like five years, maternity leave and paternity leave.
- So the the the essential importance of paternity certainty, we argue in in Sex at Dawn relates to property rights, not to human nature.
- He is entitled to that two weeks statutory paternity leave, but his company is actually offering him six weeks full pay.
- Your paternal grandfather has two layers of paternity uncertainty.
- And then I said, oh, oh, that's paternity uncertainty.
- Parental leave and paternity as well as maternity leave with fathers using up as much leave as mothers.
Examples
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If there's any question about his past, his paternity, it's important for me to know now.
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That same year, she brought a paternity suit against him.
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So we're still waiting on the paternity test then.
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Is this another paternity case?
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The father recognized the paternity of his children.
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If she were to become pregnant, the law would have a difficult time determining the paternity of her offspring.
Academic text (2011) -
State law should require the registering father to file a paternity action.
Academic text (2002) -
The strength of this program is that it enhances father-child ties first, and paternity establishment and child support second.
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The paternity of the child was confirmed by a DNA test.
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He was proud of his paternity and actively participated in his child's upbringing.
Synonyms
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2.7
Being a father and caring for your children
A relationship between a child and their parents that the law recognizes
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.5
A medical test that shows whether a man is the child's real father
How Parental
Surface Forms
Morphology
paternity = pater (transparent) = pater + ity
The word 'paternity' is transparently derived from 'pater' with the suffix '-ity', indicating a state or condition.
Etymology
The word paternity comes from the Latin word pater, which means 'father', and you can see the same root in paternal. So paternity is the state of being a father or the father's relationship to a child.