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Chapter 1 - Short Title; Definitions; Scope; General Provisions
§ 101. Short title - § 101. Short title This title may be cited as...
§ 102. Definitions - § 102. Definitions As used in this title: (1) “Acknowledged...
§ 103. Scope and application - § 103. Scope and application (a) Scope. This title applies...
§ 104. Parentage proceeding - § 104. Parentage proceeding (a) Proceeding authorized. A proceeding to...
§ 105. Standing to maintain proceeding - § 105. Standing to maintain proceeding Subject to other provisions...
§ 106. Notice of proceeding - § 106. Notice of proceeding (a) A petitioner under this...
§ 107. Form of notice - § 107. Form of notice Notice shall be by first-class...
§ 108. Personal jurisdiction - § 108. Personal jurisdiction (a) Personal jurisdiction. A person shall...
§ 109. Venue - § 109. Venue Venue for a proceeding to adjudicate parentage...
§ 110. Joinder of proceedings - § 110. Joinder of proceedings (a) Joinder permitted. Except as...
§ 111. Orders - § 111. Orders (a) Interim order for support. In a...
§ 112. Admission of parentage authorized - § 112. Admission of parentage authorized (a) Admission of parentage....
§ 113. Order on default - § 113. Order on default The court may issue an...
§ 114. Order adjudicating parentage - § 114. Order adjudicating parentage (a) Issuance of order. In...
§ 115. Binding effect of determination of parentage - § 115. Binding effect of determination of parentage (a) Determination...
§ 116. Full faith and credit - § 116. Full faith and credit A court of this...
Chapter 2 - Establishment of Parentage
§ 201. Recognized parents - § 201. Recognized parents A person may establish parentage by...
§ 202. Nondiscrimination - § 202. Nondiscrimination Every child has the same rights under...
§ 203. Consequences of establishment of parentage - § 203. Consequences of establishment of parentage Unless parentage has...
§ 204. Determination of maternity and paternity - § 204. Determination of maternity and paternity Provisions of this...
§ 205. No limitation on child - § 205. No limitation on child Nothing in this chapter...
§ 206. Adjudicating competing claims of parentage - § 206. Adjudicating competing claims of parentage (a) Competing claims...
Chapter 3 - Voluntary Acknowledgment of Parentage
§ 301. Acknowledgment of parentage - § 301. Acknowledgment of parentage (a) The following persons may...
§ 302. Acknowledgment of parentage void - § 302. Acknowledgment of parentage void An acknowledgment of parentage...
§ 303. Denial of parentage - § 303. Denial of parentage A person presumed to be...
§ 304. Conditions for acknowledgment or denial of parentage - § 304. Conditions for acknowledgment or denial of parentage (a)...
§ 305. Equivalent to adjudication; no ratification required - § 305. Equivalent to adjudication; no ratification required (a) Acknowledgment....
§ 306. No filing fee - § 306. No filing fee The Department of Health shall...
§ 307. Timing of rescission - § 307. Timing of rescission (a) A person may rescind...
§ 308. Challenge to acknowledgment after expiration of period for rescission - § 308. Challenge to acknowledgment after expiration of period for...
§ 309. Procedure for rescission or challenge - § 309. Procedure for rescission or challenge (a) Every signatory...
§ 310. Forms for voluntary acknowledgment and denial of parentage - § 310. Forms for voluntary acknowledgment and denial of parentage...
§ 311. Release of information - § 311. Release of information (a) The Department of Health...
§ 312. Adoption of rules - § 312. Adoption of rules The Department of Health may...
Chapter 4 - Presumed Parentage
§ 401. Presumption of parentage - § 401. Presumption of parentage (a) Except as otherwise provided...
§ 402. Challenge to presumed parent - § 402. Challenge to presumed parent (a) Except as provided...
§ 403. Multiple presumptions - § 403. Multiple presumptions If two or more conflicting presumptions...
Chapter 5 - De Facto Parentage
§ 501. Standard; adjudication - § 501. Standard; adjudication (a)(1) In a proceeding to adjudicate...
§ 502. Standing; petition - § 502. Standing; petition (a) A person seeking to be...
Chapter 6 - Genetic Parentage
§ 601. Scope - § 601. Scope This chapter governs procedures and requirements of...
§ 602. Requirements for genetic testing - § 602. Requirements for genetic testing Genetic testing shall be...
§ 603. Court order for testing - § 603. Court order for testing (a) Order to submit...
§ 604. Genetic testing results - § 604. Genetic testing results (a) A person shall be...
§ 605. Report of genetic testing - § 605. Report of genetic testing (a) A report of...
§ 606. Admissibility of results of genetic testing - § 606. Admissibility of results of genetic testing (a) Production...
§ 607. Additional genetic testing - § 607. Additional genetic testing The court shall order additional...
§ 608. Consequences of declining genetic testing - § 608. Consequences of declining genetic testing (a) If a...
§ 609. Adjudication of parentage based on genetic testing - § 609. Adjudication of parentage based on genetic testing (a)(1)...
§ 610. Costs of genetic testing - § 610. Costs of genetic testing (a) The costs of...
§ 611. Genetic testing when specimens not available - § 611. Genetic testing when specimens not available (a) If...
§ 612. Deceased person - § 612. Deceased person For good cause shown, the court...
§ 613. Identical sibling - § 613. Identical sibling (a) The court may order genetic...
§ 614. Confidentiality of genetic testing - § 614. Confidentiality of genetic testing (a) A report of...
§ 615. Authority to deny requested order for genetic testing or admission of test results - § 615. Authority to deny requested order for genetic testing...
§ 616. Precluding establishment of parentage by perpetrator of sexual assault - § 616. Precluding establishment of parentage by perpetrator of sexual...
Chapter 7 - Parentage by Assisted Reproduction
§ 701. Scope - § 701. Scope This chapter does not apply to the...
§ 702. Parental status of donor - § 702. Parental status of donor (a) A donor is...
§ 703. Parentage of child of assisted reproduction - § 703. Parentage of child of assisted reproduction A person...
§ 704. Consent to assisted reproduction - § 704. Consent to assisted reproduction (a)(1) A person who...
§ 705. Limitation on spouse’s dispute of parentage - § 705. Limitation on spouse’s dispute of parentage (a) Except...
§ 706. Effect of dissolution of marriage or withdrawal of consent - § 706. Effect of dissolution of marriage or withdrawal of...
§ 707. Parental status of deceased person - § 707. Parental status of deceased person (a) If a...
§ 708. Birth and parentage orders - § 708. Birth and parentage orders (a) A party consenting...
§ 709. Laboratory error - § 709. Laboratory error If due to a laboratory error...
Chapter 8 - Parentage by Gestational Carrier Agreement
§ 801. Eligibility to enter gestational carrier agreement - § 801. Eligibility to enter gestational carrier agreement (a) In...
§ 802. Gestational carrier agreement - § 802. Gestational carrier agreement (a) Written agreement. A prospective...
§ 803. Parentage; parental rights and responsibilities - § 803. Parentage; parental rights and responsibilities (a)(1) If a...
§ 804. Birth and parentage orders - § 804. Birth and parentage orders (a) Before or after...
§ 805. Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction - § 805. Exclusive, continuing jurisdiction Subject to the jurisdictional standards...
§ 806. Termination of gestational carrier agreement - § 806. Termination of gestational carrier agreement (a) A party...
§ 807. Gestational carrier agreement; effect of subsequent change of marital status - § 807. Gestational carrier agreement; effect of subsequent change of...
§ 808. Effect of noncompliance; standard of review; remedies - § 808. Effect of noncompliance; standard of review; remedies (a)...
§ 809. Liability for payment of gestational carrier health care costs - § 809. Liability for payment of gestational carrier health care...