CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Child Support
......Parental Obligation of Support
.........Stepparent/Putative Parent
............Estoppel
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Parentage by estoppel cannot be applied to individual whose conduct was based on ••mistaken•• belief he actually was child's natural father.

Husband required to pay child support under parentage by estoppel doctrine even though he was not child's biological father.

Conduct can create estoppel to deny parental relationship and attendant child support obligation. Grounds for estoppel listed.

Putative parent may be liable for support of illegitimate child if he holds self out to child as child's parent and child believes him.