§ 10-7700-201. Establishment of parent-child relationship.  


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  • A.  The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:

    1.  The woman’s having given birth to the child;

    2.  Adoption of the child by the woman; or

    3.  As otherwise provided by law.

    B.  The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:

    1.  An unrebutted presumption of the man’s paternity of the child under Section 8 of the Uniform Parentage Act;

    2.  An effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man under Article 3 of the Uniform Parentage Act, unless the acknowledgment has been timely rescinded or successfully challenged;

    3.  An adjudication of the man’s paternity;

    4.  Adoption of the child by the man; or

    5.  As otherwise provided by law.

Added by Laws 2006, c. 116, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.