North Dakota § 14-20-12 - (302) Execution of acknowledgment of paternity

§ 14-20-12. (302) Execution of acknowledgment of paternity

1. An acknowledgment of paternity must: a. Be in a record; b. 2. 3. 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 father, or has a presumed father whose full name is stated; and (2) 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. An acknowledgment of paternity is void if it: a. States that another man is a presumed father, unless a denial of paternity signed or otherwise authenticated by the presumed father is filed with the department of health and human services; 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. A presumed father may sign or otherwise authenticate an acknowledgment of paternity.