§ 14-20-12 — (302) Execution of acknowledgment of paternity

North Dakota § 14-20-12

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 14: Domestic Relations and Persons
• Ch. 14-20: Uniform Parentage Act

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1. An acknowledgment of paternity must:
a. Be in a record;

b. Be signed, or otherwise authenticated, 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:
(1) Does not have a presumed father, or has a presumed father whose full
name is stated; and
(2) 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
or otherwise authenticated by the presumed father is filed with the department of
health and human services;
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 or otherwise authenticate an acknowledgment of
paternity.