Vermont § 310 - Forms for voluntary acknowledgment and denial of parentage
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§ 310. Forms for voluntary acknowledgment and denial of parentage
- (a) The Department of Health shall develop a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage form
and a denial of parentage form for execution of parentage under this chapter. (b) The acknowledgment of parentage form shall provide notice of the alternatives to,
the legal consequences of, and the rights and responsibilities that arise from signing
the acknowledgment and shall state that: (1) there is no other presumed parent of the child or, if there is another presumed parent,
shall state that parent’s full name; (2) there is no other acknowledged parent, adjudicated parent, or person who is an intended
parent under chapter 7 or 8 of this title other than the person who gave birth to
the child; and (3) the signatories understand that the acknowledgment is the equivalent of a court determination
of parentage of the child and that a challenge to the acknowledgment is permitted
only under limited circumstances. (c) A valid acknowledgment of parentage or denial of parentage is not affected by a later
modification of the prescribed form. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2019, No. 24, § 3, eff. May 16, 2019.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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