§ 40-11A-302 — Execution of acknowledgment of paternity

A. An acknowledgment of paternity shall: (1) be on a form provided by the bureau; (2) be signed or otherwise authenticated 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 has a presumed father whose full name is stated; 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 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. B. An acknowledgment of paternity is void if it: (1) 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 bureau; (2) states that another man is an acknowledged or adjudicated father; or (3) falsely denies the existence of a presumed, acknowledged or adjudicated father of the child. C. A presumed father may sign or otherwise authenticate an acknowledgment of paternity.

Legislative History

Laws 2009, ch. 215, § 3-302.