The father of my baby is overseas right now, due home in a month (wa state) which he will then be gone for R&R then only have a month left in the army before he is released. He was supposed to come home and establish paternity but cut off all contact with me and never showed. Can I get a court order to get DNA from his blood they keep at the army to establish paternity or do we have to wait and try to track him down?

Do you have an attorney? You can try to subpoena his army DNA records to try and make a match. A court will have to decide what to rule. You can also try to petition the Army to make him available for court before he is release for R&R.

Are you married to this man or is this just something your claiming? You still need to follow the normal process. The service will take precident over your court case but it can be done.

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Originally Posted by ScottGem

Do you have an attorney? You can try to subpoena his army DNA records to try and make a match. A court will have to decide what to rule. You can also try to petition the Army to make him available for court before he is release for R&R.

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I am calling one tomorrow. I talked to my child support case manager she said she wasn't aware of anyway to go about getting his DNA from the army but try contacting jag and see what they have to say, but locating how to get ahold of them is a runaround game.

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Originally Posted by Vintagemama13

I am calling one tomorrow. I talked to my child support case manager she said she wasn't aware of anyway to go about getting his DNA from the army but try contacting jag and see what they have to say, but locating how to get ahold of them is a runaround game.

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In my experience, the armed services are do not look kindly on deadbeat parents. So they will usually cooperate. The first place to start is with the commander at his home base. But it would be better to have an attorney to cut through the legal red tape.