§ 26.26.305. Execution of acknowledgment of paternity
(1) An acknowledgment of paternity must:
(a) Be in a record;
(b) Be signed under penalty of perjury by the mother and by the man seeking to establish his paternity;
(c) State that the child whose paternity is being acknowledged:
(i) Does not have a presumed father, or has a presumed father whose full name is stated; and
(ii) Does not have another acknowledged or adjudicated father;
(d) State whether there has been genetic testing and, if so, that the acknowledging man's claim of paternity is consistent with the results of the testing; and
(e) State that the signatories understand that the acknowledgment is the equivalent of a judicial adjudication of paternity of the child and that a challenge to the acknowledgment is permitted only under limited circumstances and is barred after two years.
(2) An acknowledgment of paternity is void if it:
(a) States that another man is a presumed father, unless a denial of paternity signed by the presumed father is filed with the state registrar of vital statistics;
(b) States that another man is an acknowledged or adjudicated father; or
(c) Falsely denies the existence of a presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father of the child.
(3) A presumed father may sign an acknowledgment of paternity.
[2002 c 302 § 302.]
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