Alabama § 26-17-302 Execution of Acknowledgment of Paternity

Alabama Statutes

§ 26-17-302 — Execution of Acknowledgment of Paternity

Alabama § 26-17-302

Title 26Infants and Incompetents

Ch. 17Alabama Uniform Parentage Act

Art. 3Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity

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Ala. Code § 26-17-302 (2026).

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(a)An acknowledgment of paternity must:

(1)be in a record filed with the Alabama Office of Vital Statistics;

(2)be signed, and notarized, under penalty of perjury by the mother and by the man seeking to establish his paternity;

(3)state that the child whose paternity is being acknowledged:

(A)does not have a presumed father or the man executing the acknowledgment is the presumed father; and

(B)does not have another acknowledged or adjudicated father;

(4)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

(5)state that the signatories understand that the acknowledgment shall be considered a legal finding of paternity of the child and that a challenge to the acknowledgment is permi

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(a) An acknowledgment of paternity must:
(1) be in a record filed with the Alabama Office of Vital Statistics;
(2) be signed, and notarized, under penalty of perjury by the mother and by the man seeking to establish his paternity;
(3) state that the child whose paternity is being acknowledged:
(A) does not have a presumed father or the man executing the acknowledgment is the presumed father; and
(B) does not have another acknowledged or adjudicated father;
(4) 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
(5) state that the signatories understand that the acknowledgment shall be considered a legal finding of paternity of the child and that a challenge to the acknowledgment is permitted only as provided in this chapter.
(b) A presumed father may sign an acknowledgment of paternity which must be notarized.