Execution of acknowledgment of paternity.

(1) An acknowledgment of paternity must:

(a) Be in a record;

(b) Be signed 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:

(i) Does not have a presumed father, or has a presumed father whose full name is stated; and

(ii) 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 by the presumed father is filed with the state registrar of vital statistics;

(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 an acknowledgment of paternity.

[2002 c 302 § 302.]