context: This aspect of Rubright may seem to be in tension with several cases holding that legal fathers whose biological paternity is disestablished should normally be granted only prospective relief from their child support obligations. But the tension is more apparent than real: Any potential overlap in child support obligations between a newly-established biological father and a former legal father may be remedied through reimbursement.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 739 P.2d 1298, 1299
citation_a.parenthetical: "A parent's duty of support encompasses a duty to reimburse other persons who provide the support the parent owes."
citation_a.sentence: See Matthews v. Matthews, 739 P.2d 1298, 1299 (Alaska 1987) ("A parent's duty of support encompasses a duty to reimburse other persons who provide the support the parent owes.”) (superceded by rule in other respects).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 553 So.2d 847, 854-55
citation_b.parenthetical: recognizing the concept of "dual paternity" in which a child born into a marriage with a non-biological father retains a legal parent/child relationship based on presumptive fatherhood for purposes of legitimacy and inheritance, while becoming the child of a newly-established biological father for purposes of child support
citation_b.sentence: Cf. Smith v. Cole, 553 So.2d 847, 854-55 (La.1989) (recognizing the concept of “dual paternity” in which a child born into a marriage with a non-biological father retains a legal parent/child relationship based on presumptive fatherhood for purposes of legitimacy and inheritance, while becoming the child of a newly-established biological father for purposes of child support).