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N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-63

(705) Limitation on husband's dispute of paternity

Known as the Uniform Parentage Act

The act spans §§ 14–14 (67 sections).

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the husband of a wife who gives birth to a child by means of assisted reproduction may not challenge his paternity of the child unless:

a. Within two years after learning of the birth of the child he commences a proceeding to adjudicate his paternity; and b. The court finds that he did not consent to the assisted reproduction, before or after birth of the child.

2. A proceeding to adjudicate paternity may be maintained at any time if the court determines that:

a. The husband did not provide sperm for, or before or after the birth of the child consent to, assisted reproduction by his wife;

b. The husband and the mother of the child have not cohabited since the probable time of assisted reproduction; and c. The husband never openly held out the child as his own.

3. The limitation provided in this section applies to a marriage declared invalid after assisted reproduction.

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.