Across
- 2. Regular payments of money, in an amount set by a court, and paid to the custodial parent of the child.
- 5. The man who is the child’s father in the eyes of the law with all the rights and responsibilities of parenthood.
- 8. Official place and proceeding where legal rulings are made by a judge.
- 10. The genetic material in a person’s cells that determines the person’s inherited characteristics.
- 11. Man whose sperm caused the baby to be conceived
- 12. Man who is married to the mother at the time of the birth of the child.
- 14. A legal term for force.
- 15. Dates and times a noncustodial parent can see or have possession of his/ her child.
- 16. A lie.
- 17. Gift a person leaves to a relative or other individual after the person’s death.
Down
- 1. Man who is charged with, pointed to, or claimed to be the father of a child.
- 2. Parent who has primary care, custody and control of the child(ren)
- 3. Test comparing cells of parents and child to determine biological parentage.
- 4. To take back a statement.
- 6. Parent who does not have primary care, custody or control of the child and has an obligation to pay child support.
- 7. The ability of a noncustodial parent to know about medical records, school progress, and whereabouts of his/ her child.
- 9. The state of being a father, Fatherhood
- 13. Acknowledgment of Paternity. Signed at the hospital when the child is born.