2.__Exception to registration requirement.__A man is not required to register if:

A.__A parent-child relationship between the man and the child has been established under this chapter or other law; or

B.__The man commences a proceeding to adjudicate his parentage before the court has terminated his parental rights.

3.__Notification of change in information.__A registrant shall promptly notify the registry in a record of any change in the information registered. The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall incorporate all new information received into its records but need not affirmatively seek to obtain current information for incorporation in the registry.

Comment

(This is section 402 of the UPA.)

A registry of paternity protects a claim of paternity from summary termination, but the primary advantage of such a registry is to facilitate infant adoptions. By registering, a registrant ensures that he will receive notice of the possible adoption of a child that he may have fathered if the birth occurs in the state of registration. In this manner, a man may seek to protect his right to assert parentage.

Limiting the consequence of a failure to register with a registry of paternity only to termination of paternal rights in cases of infant adoption seems appropriate. If an adoption is not commenced in the first year of the child's life, the nonmarital father and the mother remain responsible for support and eligible for custody or visitation throughout the minority of the child in the absence of an adoption or termination after notice to the alleged father. The latter fact situation distinguishes it from an infant adoption in which both parents lose those rights and duties for the benefit of the child.