paternity suit
Britishnoun
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In 1990, Murphy filed a paternity suit against Casey.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2024
In 2019, a DNA test confirmed that, despite his repeated denials, Hunter Biden had fathered a child with an Arkansas woman who filed a paternity suit against him.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2023
Mr. Walker and his former girlfriend started their relationship around November 2008, according to her paternity suit.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022
The tryst produced a child, which Hunter refused to acknowledge until a 2019 paternity suit confirmed he was, in fact, the father.
From Washington Times • Apr. 11, 2022
One woman even filed a paternity suit falsely claiming that Walter was the father of her child, a child that was born less than eight months after Walter's release.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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