District of Columbia § 16-2342.01 Voluntary acknowledgement of paternity.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 16-2342.01 — Voluntary acknowledgement of paternity.

District of Columbia § 16-2342.01

Title 16Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]

Ch. 23Family Division [Family Court] Proceedings.

Subch. IIParentage Proceedings.

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D.C. Code § 16-2342.01 (2026).

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(a)The voluntary acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to section 16-909.01(a)(1) shall:

(1)Create a conclusive presumption of paternity, consistent with § 16-909.01(b) , which shall be admissible as evidence of paternity, unless the acknowledgement was signed in the District and it is proven that the requirements of § 16-909.01(a)(1) were not fully met; and

(2)Be recognized as a basis for seeking a child support obligation without requiring any further proceeding to establish paternity.

(b)Judicial or administrative proceedings are not required or permitted to ratify an unchallenged acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to section 16-909.1(a)(1).

(c)The IV-D agency is authorized to obtain voluntary acknowledgments of paternity in a manner that complies with the same requirement

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(a) The voluntary acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to section 16-909.01(a)(1) shall:

(1) Create a conclusive presumption of paternity, consistent with § 16-909.01(b) , which shall be admissible as evidence of paternity, unless the acknowledgement was signed in the District and it is proven that the requirements of § 16-909.01(a)(1) were not fully met; and

(2) Be recognized as a basis for seeking a child support obligation without requiring any further proceeding to establish paternity.

(b) Judicial or administrative proceedings are not required or permitted to ratify an unchallenged acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to section 16-909.1(a)(1).

(c) The IV-D agency is authorized to obtain voluntary acknowledgments of paternity in a manner that complies with the same requirements that apply to birthing hospitals as set forth in section 16-909.03.

(d) An acknowledgment shall be admissible in any judicial proceeding to determine parentage.

Legislative History

Mar. 16, 1995, D.C. Law 10-223, § 2(h), 41 DCR 8051; Apr. 3, 2001, D.C. Law 13-269, § 106(l), 48 DCR 1270; July 18, 2008, D.C. Law 18-33, § 3(i), 56 DCR 4269