Proceedings to establish the paternity of the child may be instituted during the pregnancy of the mother or after the birth of the child. The court shall dismiss any proceeding that is barred pursuant to section 8-106, subsection J. For the purposes of establishing a duty to pay support or past support, the proceedings must be instituted before the child's eighteenth birthday.
A.R.S. § 25-804
Time for instituting proceedings
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case David C., Kim C. v. Alexis S., A.C. (2016)
Most recently applied in Bill W. Castillo v. Thania N. Lazo (December 2016)
Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.