Section 206 - Adjudicating competing claims of parentage(a) Competing claims of parentage. Except as otherwise provided in section 616 of this title, in a proceeding to adjudicate competing claims of parentage or challenges to a child's parentage by two or more persons, the court shall adjudicate parentage in the best interests of the child, based on the following factors:(1) the age of the child;(2) the length of time during which each person assumed the role of parent of the child;(3) the nature of the relationship between the child and each person;(4) the harm to the child if the relationship between the child and each person is not recognized;(5) the basis for each person's claim to parentage of the child; and(6) other equitable factors arising from the disruption of the relationship between the child and each person or the likelihood of other harm to the child.(b) Preservation of parent-child relationship. Consistent with the establishment of parentage under this chapter, a court may determine that a child has more than two parents if the court finds that it is in the best interests of the child to do so. A finding of best interests of the child under this subsection does not require a finding of unfitness of any parent or person seeking an adjudication of parentage. A determination of best interests may include consideration of evidence of prebirth intent to parent the child.Amended by 2024, No. 175,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2024.Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.