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Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 8-101. Short Title. - This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Parentage Act.
§ 8-102. Definitions. - In this chapter: (1) “Acknowledged father” means a man who...
§ 8-103. Scope of chapter; choice of law. - (a) This chapter applies to determinations of parentage in this...
§ 8-104. Court of this State. - The Family Court of the State of Delaware is authorized...
§ 8-105. Protection of participants. - (a) Notwithstanding any other law concerning public hearings and records,...
§ 8-106. Determination of maternity. - Provisions of this chapter relating to determination of paternity apply...
Subchapter II. Parent-Child Relationship
§ 8-201. Establishment of parent-child relationship. - (a) The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and...
§ 8-202. No discrimination based on marital status. - A child born to parents who are not married to...
§ 8-203. Consequences of establishment of parentage. - Unless parental rights are terminated, a parent-child relationship established under...
§ 8-204. Presumption of paternity in context of marriage. - (a) A man is presumed to be the father of...
Subchapter III. Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity
§ 8-301. Acknowledgement of paternity. - The mother of a child and a man claiming to...
§ 8-302. Execution of acknowledgment of paternity. - (a) An acknowledgment of paternity must: (1) Be in a...
§ 8-303. Denial of paternity. - A presumed father may sign a denial of his paternity....
§ 8-304. Rules for acknowledgement and denial of paternity. - (a) An acknowledgment of paternity and a denial of paternity...
§ 8-305. Effect of acknowledgement or denial of paternity. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in §§ 8-307 and 8-308...
§ 8-306. No filing fee. - The Office of Vital Statistics may not charge for filing...
§ 8-307. Proceeding for rescission. - A signatory may rescind an acknowledgment of paternity or denial...
§ 8-308. Challenge after expiration of period for rescission. - (a) After the period for rescission under § 8-307 of...
§ 8-309. Procedure for rescission or challenge. - (a) Every signatory to an acknowledgment of paternity and any...
§ 8-310. Ratification barred. - A court or administrative agency conducting a judicial or administrative...
§ 8-311. Full faith and credit. - A court of this State shall give full faith and...
§ 8-312. Forms for acknowledgement and denial of paternity. - (a) To facilitate compliance with this subchapter, the Division of...
§ 8-313. Release of information. - The Division of Child Support Services may release information relating...
§ 8-314. Adoption of rules. - The Division of Child Support Services may adopt rules to...
Subchapter IV. Registry of Paternity
§ 8-401. Establishment of registry. - A registry of paternity is established in the Office of...
§ 8-402. Registration for notification. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of §...
§ 8-403. Notice of proceeding. - Notice of a proceeding for the adoption of, or termination...
§ 8-404. Termination of parental rights; child under 1 year of age. - The parental rights of a man who may be the...
§ 8-405. Termination of parental rights; child at least 1 year of age. - (a) If a child has attained 1 year of age,...
§ 8-411. Required form. - The Office of Vital Statistics shall prepare a form for...
§ 8-412. Furnishing of information; confidentiality. - (a) The Office of Vital Statistics need not seek to...
§ 8-413. Rescission of registration. - A registrant may rescind his registration at any time by...
§ 8-414. Untimely registration. - If a man registers more than 30 days after the...
§ 8-415. Fees for registry. - (a) A fee may not be charged for filing a...
§ 8-421. Search of appropriate registry. - (a) If a father-child relationship has not been established under...
§ 8-422. Certificate of search registry. - (a) The Office of Vital Statistics shall furnish to the...
§ 8-423. Admissibility of registered information. - A certificate of search of the registry of paternity in...
Subchapter V. Genetic Testing
§ 8-501. Scope of article. - This subchapter governs genetic testing of an individual to determine...
§ 8-502. Order for testing. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter and subchapter...
§ 8-503. Requirements for genetic testing. - (a) Genetic testing must be of a type reasonably relied...
§ 8-504. Report of genetic testing. - (a) A report of genetic testing must be in a...
§ 8-505. Genetic testing results; rebuttal. - (a) Under this chapter, a man is rebuttably identified as...
§ 8-506. Costs of genetic testing. - (a) Subject to assessment of costs under subchapter VI of...
§ 8-507. Additional genetic testing. - The Court or the support-enforcement agency shall order additional genetic...
§ 8-508. Genetic testing when specimen is not available. - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if a...
§ 8-509. Deceased individual. - For good cause shown, the court may order genetic testing...
§ 8-510. Identical brothers. - (a) The court may order genetic testing of a brother...
Subchapter VI. Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage
§ 8-601. Proceeding authorized. - A civil proceeding may be maintained to adjudicate the parentage...
§ 8-602. Standing to maintain proceeding. - Subject to subchapter III of this chapter and §§ 8-607...
§ 8-603. Parties to proceeding. - The following individuals must be joined as parties in a...
§ 8-604. Personal jurisdiction. - (a) An individual may not be adjudicated to be a...
§ 8-605. Venue. - Venue for a proceeding to adjudicate parentage is in the...
§ 8-606. Statute of limitations. - (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this...
§ 8-607. Limitation: Child having presumed father. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...
§ 8-608. Authority to deny motion for genetic testing. - (a) In a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a...
§ 8-609. Limitation: Child having acknowledged or adjudicated father. - (a) If a child has an acknowledged father, a signatory...
§ 8-610. Proceedings in which parentage may be determined. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this...
§ 8-611. Proceeding before birth. - (a) A proceeding to determine parentage may be commenced before...
§ 8-612. Child as party; representation. - (a) A minor child is a permissible party, but is...
§ 8-621. Admissibility of results of genetic testing; expenses. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this...
§ 8-622. Consequences of declining genetic testing. - (a) An order for genetic testing is enforceable by contempt....
§ 8-623. Admission of paternity authorized. - (a) A respondent in a proceeding to adjudicate parentage or...
§ 8-624. Temporary order. - (a) In a proceeding under this subchapter, the court shall...
§ 8-631. Rules for adjudication of paternity. - The court shall apply the following rules to adjudicate the...
§ 8-632. Jury prohibited. - The court, without a jury, shall adjudicate paternity of a...
§ 8-633. Inspection of records. - A final order in a proceeding under this subchapter is...
§ 8-634. Order on default. - The court shall issue an order adjudicating the paternity of...
§ 8-635. Dismissal for want of prosecution. - The court may issue an order dismissing a proceeding commenced...
§ 8-636. Order adjudicating parentage. - (a) The court shall issue an order adjudicating whether a...
§ 8-637. Binding effect of determination of parentage. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...
§ 8-638. No right to reimbursement. - If the court determines that an individual is not the...
§ 8-639. Full faith and credit. - A court of this State shall give full faith and...
Subchapter VII. Child of Assisted Reproduction
§ 8-701. Scope of article. - This subchapter does not apply to the birth of a...
§ 8-702. Parental status of donor. - A donor is not a parent of a child conceived...
§ 8-703. Paternity of a child of assisted reproduction. - (a) A man who provides sperm for, or consents to,...
§ 8-704. Consent to assisted reproduction. - (a) Consent by a woman and an intended parent of...
§ 8-705. Limitation on husband's dispute of paternity. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...
§ 8-706. Effect of dissolution of marriage or withdrawal of consent. - (a) If a marriage is dissolved before placement of eggs,...
§ 8-707. Parental status of deceased individual. - If an individual who consented in a record to be...
Subchapter VIII. Gestational Carrier Agreement Act
§ 8-801. Short title. - This subchapter may be cited as the “Gestational Carrier Agreement...
§ 8-802. Scope and purpose. - (a) The purpose of this subchapter is to establish consistent...
§ 8-803. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. - In a proceeding to enforce a gestational carrier agreement, a...
§ 8-804. Parental status of gestational carrier. - A gestational carrier is not a parent of a child...
§ 8-805. Rights and responsibilities of parents. - (a) Any person who is considered to be the parent...
§ 8-806. Eligibility. - (a) Prior to executing an agreement to act as a...
§ 8-807. Requirements for a gestational carrier agreement. - (a) A gestational carrier agreement shall be enforceable if: (1)...
§ 8-808. Immunities. - Except as provided in this subchapter, no person shall be...
§ 8-809. Effect of noncompliance. - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, in the event...
§ 8-810. Remedies. - (a) Except as expressly provided in the gestational carrier agreement...
§ 8-811. Severability. - If any provision of this subchapter or its application to...
§ 8-812. Irrevocability. - No action to invalidate a gestational carrier agreement meeting the...
§ 8-813. Application. - (a) The rule of construction that statutes in derogation of...
Subchapter IX. Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 8-901. Uniformity of application and construction. - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...
§ 8-902. Severability clause. - If any provision of this chapter or its application to...
§ 8-903. Effective date; effect on existing parentage. - This chapter takes effect on January 1, 2004. Any determination...
§ 8-904. Transitional provision. - A proceeding to adjudicate parentage which was commenced before January...