Sec. 16a. The court of this state when acting as a responding court may adjudicate the issue of paternity if both of the following apply: (a) Paternity has not been legally acknowledged, previously adjudicated, or established by marriage. (b) The obligor asserts as a defense that he is not the father of the child for whom support is sought.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.166a
Adjudicating issue of paternity
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Lucas County Department of Human Services v. Wayne (1989)
Most recently applied in Lucas County Department of Human Services v. Wayne (February 1989)
Add. 1985, Act 172, Eff
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