F.__Except for good cause shown, during the pendency of a proceeding to challenge an acknowledgment under this section, the court may not suspend the legal responsibilities of a signatory arising from the acknowledgment, including the duty to pay child support.

G.__At the conclusion of a proceeding to challenge an acknowledgment pursuant to this subsection, the court shall order the State Registrar of Vital Statistics to amend the birth record of the child, if appropriate.

7.__Similar acknowledgments in other states.__A court of this State shall give full faith and credit to an acknowledgment effective in another state and substantially similar to the acknowledgment under this section if has been signed and is otherwise in compliance with the law of the other State.

8.__Forms.__To facilitate compliance with this section the State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall prescribe forms for the acknowledgment under this section.__An acknowledgment is not affected by a later modification of the prescribed form.

9.__Release of information.__The State Registrar of Vital Statistics may release information relating to the acknowledgment under this section to:

A.__A signatory of the acknowledgment described in this section;

B.__The mother, an acknowledged father, a presumed parent, an adjudicated parent, a de facto parent, a parent who has acknowledged parentage under subchapter 3;

C.__Courts and appropriate state or federal agencies of this State or another state.

10.__Adoption of rules.__The State Registrar of Vital Statistics may adopt rules to implement this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules for the purposes of Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Maine Comment

A purpose of section 1846 is to give the nonmarital presumed parent a method to be publicly identified, without the need for