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N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-07

(201) Establishment of parent-child relationship

Known as the Uniform Parentage Act

The act spans §§ 14–14 (67 sections).

1. The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:

a. The woman's having given birth to the child;

b. An adjudication of the woman's maternity; or c. Adoption of the child by the woman.

2. The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:

a. An unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under section 14-20-10;

b. An effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man under sections 14-20-11 through 14-20-24, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;

c. An adjudication of the man's paternity;

d. Adoption of the child by the man; or e. The man's having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman under sections 14-20-59 through 14-20-65 which resulted in the birth of the child.

Official source: North Dakota Legislative Branch. Reproduced from public-domain North Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.