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Ind. Code § 31-14-7-2

Rebuttable presumption; child's biological father

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In Re the Paternity of N.R.R.L. (2006)

Most recently applied in In Re the Paternity of N.R.R.L. (May 2006)

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.6

Sec. 2. (a) If there is not a presumed biological father under section 1 of this chapter, there is a rebuttable presumption that a man is the child's biological father if, with the consent of the child's mother, the man:

(1) receives the child into the man's home; and

(2) openly holds the child out as the man's biological child.

(b) The circumstances under this section do not establish the man's paternity. A man's paternity may only be established as described in IC 31-14-2-1.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.