Uniform Parentage Act

North Dakota · 14 · §§ 14-20-01 to 14-20-66 · 67 sections

Overview

The act governs the legal relationship between parents and children, providing a framework for establishing maternity and paternity and defining the rights and obligations that follow from that relationship. It sets out court procedures for parentage actions — jurisdiction and venue, appointment of counsel and representation of minors, genetic testing and other evidence, and appeals — alongside presumptions of paternity and rules addressing artificial insemination and children born outside marriage. It also establishes a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity process, including hospital-based programs, standardized forms, and procedures for rescinding or later challenging an acknowledgment, and it provides for support orders and their enforcement, the issuance of new birth certificates, confidentiality of records, and recognition of parentage determinations made elsewhere.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

Sections covered

N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-01(101) Short title
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-02(102) Definitions
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-03(103) Scope - Choice of law
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-04(104) Courts of this state
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-05(105) Protection of participants
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-06(106) Determination of maternity
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-07(201) Establishment of parent-child relationship
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-08(202) No discrimination based on marital status
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-09(203) Consequences of establishment of parentage
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-10(204) Presumption of paternity
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-11(301) Acknowledgment of paternity
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-12(302) Execution of acknowledgment of paternity
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-13(303) Denial of paternity
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-14(304) Rules for acknowledgment and denial of paternity
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-15(305) Effect of acknowledgment or denial of paternity
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-16(306) No filing fee
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-17(307) Proceeding for rescission
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-18(308) Challenge after expiration of period for rescission
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-19(309) Procedure for rescission or challenge
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-20(310) Ratification barred
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-21(311) Full faith and credit
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-22(312) Forms for acknowledgment and denial of paternity
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-23(313) Release of information
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-24(314) Adoption of rules
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-25(501) Scope
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-26(502) Order for testing
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-27(503) Requirements for genetic testing
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-28(504) Report of genetic testing
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-29(505) Genetic testing results - Rebuttal
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-30(506) Costs of genetic testing
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-31(507) Additional genetic testing
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-32(508) Genetic testing when specimens not available
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-33(509) Deceased individual
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-34(510) Identical brothers
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-35(511) Confidentiality of genetic testing
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-36(601) Proceeding authorized
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-37(602) Standing to maintain proceeding
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-38(603) Parties to proceeding
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-39(604) Personal jurisdiction
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-40(605) Venue
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-41(606) No limitation - Child having no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-42(607) Limitation - Child having presumed father
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-43(608) Authority to deny motion for genetic testing
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-44(609) Limitation - Child having acknowledged or adjudicated father
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-45(610) Joinder of proceedings
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-46(611) Proceeding before birth
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-47(612) Child as party - Representation
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-48(621) Admissibility of results of genetic testing - Expenses
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-49(622) Consequences of declining genetic testing
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-50(623) Admission of paternity authorized
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-51(624) Temporary order
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-52(631) Rules for adjudication of paternity
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-53(632) Jury prohibited
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-54(633) Hearings - Inspection of records
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-55(634) Order on default
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-56(635) Dismissal for want of prosecution
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-57(636) Order adjudicating parentage
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-58(637) Binding effect of determination of parentage
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-58.1Liability for collection of support
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-59(701) Scope
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-60(702) Parental status of donor
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-61(703) Paternity of child of assisted reproduction
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-62(704) Consent to assisted reproduction
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-63(705) Limitation on husband's dispute of paternity
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-64(706) Effect of dissolution of marriage or withdrawal of consent
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-65(707) Parental status of deceased individual
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-66(901) Uniformity of application and construction

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