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Journal Article The author presents prospective data from a small-scale study of 15 families experiencing an unmarried teenage pregnancy. During and after the pregnancy, the adolescents and their parents were interviewed separately and responded to standardized instruments. Family members' closeness to, communication with, and opinions about the baby's father were significantly different as a function of family role and stage of the pregnancy. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed. (Author abstract)
The chapter headings of this letter addressed to a birthfather state succinctly this pamphlet's contents: "The Boxing Match," "Doing the Right Thing," "Rights and Responsibilities." The male who reads this book may doubt that he is a child's father, suspect that he is, or know that he is. His paternity cannot be proven until the infant is six-months old when a blood test can be made. Most men or youths that abandon mother and child do so because they do not know what else to do. The author's purpose for writing this pamphlet-letter is to try to tell the putative birth father what he thinks…
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Journal Article The Uniform Parentage Act (UPA) enacted in many states removed the established difference in status between legitimate and illegitimate children, thus providing equal rights for all children despite the marital status of their parents. Birthfathers are categorized as "presumed" or "alleged." The presumed father falls under at least one of these categories: (1) He and the child's birthmother are or have been married to each other and the child was born during the marriage or within 300 days after its end. (2) He and the child's mother married before the child's birth although the marriage is…
