My question involves paternity law for the State of: Pennsylvania
My parents had a casual relationship that resulted in me. My father's space on my Birth Certificate is blank, I was given my mother's Maiden Name as was the custom back then. There was no contact or support from my Biological father during my childhood. At age 30 I contacted him and met two of my three half sisters from his marriage. After that we kept very loose contact with occasional phone calls until he passed away in 2015. I finally sent for a copy of his probated will and though he did deny me any inheritance, I was shocked to see he had specifically named me in the Will among the other siblings as his daughter and used his last name with my given first name.
Is this enough to prove admission of fatherhood? I would like to fill in the blank space for father on my Birth Certificate, it has always bothered me. Do I need more to bring proof? The oldest of my in-wedlock half-sisters and I are close, she is willing to have a DNA Test done if it will help. What else might I need? I am registered with my DNA in Ancestry and several of his relatives have also appeared as sharing significant amounts of DNA with me, though that may be considered incidental not factual by the court.
Thank you for your time
My parents had a casual relationship that resulted in me. My father's space on my Birth Certificate is blank, I was given my mother's Maiden Name as was the custom back then. There was no contact or support from my Biological father during my childhood. At age 30 I contacted him and met two of my three half sisters from his marriage. After that we kept very loose contact with occasional phone calls until he passed away in 2015. I finally sent for a copy of his probated will and though he did deny me any inheritance, I was shocked to see he had specifically named me in the Will among the other siblings as his daughter and used his last name with my given first name.
Is this enough to prove admission of fatherhood? I would like to fill in the blank space for father on my Birth Certificate, it has always bothered me. Do I need more to bring proof? The oldest of my in-wedlock half-sisters and I are close, she is willing to have a DNA Test done if it will help. What else might I need? I am registered with my DNA in Ancestry and several of his relatives have also appeared as sharing significant amounts of DNA with me, though that may be considered incidental not factual by the court.
Thank you for your time
Establishing Paternity: Is Being Named by My Father in a Probated Will Proof of Paternity in Pennsylvania
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