§1852.__Execution of acknowledgment of paternity

1.__Acknowledgment; requirements.__An acknowledgment of paternity must:

A.__Be in a record;

B.__Be signed, or otherwise authenticated, 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:

(1)__Does not have a presumed parent or has a presumed parent whose full name is stated; and

(2)__Does not have another acknowledged father or adjudicated parent;

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 2 years.

2.__Notice.__Before a mother or putative father may sign an acknowledgment of paternity, the mother and the putative father must be given oral and written notice of the alternatives to, the legal consequences of and the rights and responsibilities that arise from signing the acknowledgment.

3.__Acknowledgment voidable.__An acknowledgment of paternity is voidable if it:

A.__States that another person is a presumed parent, unless a denial of parentage signed or otherwise authenticated by the presumed parent is filed with the State Registrar of Vital Statistics;

B.__States that another person is an acknowledged father or adjudicated parent; or