Paternity
A legal determination of who a child's father is. It is not automatically the same as being on a birth certificate.
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Being a father comes with responsibilities. Your parental rights matter too. Fighting Fathers helps Georgia fathers understand where they stand and identify the steps that may be available to establish and protect their legal relationship with their children.
This isn't about fighting the other parent. It's about fighting for your right to be a father.
Do you actually know where you stand?
These five words are often used as if they mean the same thing. They don't. Each one can carry a different legal meaning, and confusing them is one of the most common reasons fathers lose time.
Legitimation
In Georgia, a separate court process commonly associated with a father's legal relationship to a child born outside of marriage.
Custody
Legal and physical decision-making and care for a child, usually addressed by court order.
Parenting time
The schedule for when a child is with each parent. A schedule is not created automatically.
Child support
A financial obligation decided separately from parenting time. Paying support does not by itself create parenting rights.
The free Georgia Rights Check walks through each of these and shows you a clear status for your situation.
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A short, plain-language questionnaire built around Georgia concepts.
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Deterministic rules — not guesswork — produce your fatherhood status cards.
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