Definitions for "Putative Father"
The possible biological father of a child for whom paternity has not been established. The term "putative father" is interchangeable with the term "alleged father."
The person who claims or acknowledges or reputed to be the biological father of a child born to an unmarried woman or to a married woman who claims he and not her husband is the child's birth father.
a father that is alleged to be the biological of a child