Paternity means fatherhood. Establishing paternity means making the biological father a legal father, too.
All children have two parents.
It is important for your child to know who its mother and father are. Paternity should be established if the parents of a child are not married to each other. The name of the father appears on the baby's birth certificate. Your baby can benefit from parental care by both the mother and father. Information about the family health history of both parents will be available if disease or illness develops.