Okla. Stat. tit. 10 § 7700-302

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 7700-302 - Requirements of acknowledgment - Void and voidable acknowledgment

A. An acknowledgment of paternity shall:

1. Be in a record and on the form prescribed by the Department of Human Services pursuant to Section 20 of this act;

2. Be signed, or otherwise authenticated, under penalty of perjury by the mother and by the man seeking to establish his paternity;

3. State that the child whose paternity is being acknowledged:

a. does not have a presumed father, or has a presumed father whose full name is stated, and

b. does not have another acknowledged or adjudicated father;

4. State whether there has been genetic testing and, if so, that the acknowledging man's claim of paternity is consistent with the results of the testing; and

5. State that the signatories understand that the acknowledgment is the equivalent of a judicial adjudication of paternity of the child and that a challenge to the acknowledgment is permitted only under limited circumstances and is barred after two (2) years.

B. An acknowledgment of paternity shall be void if it:

1. States that another man is a presumed father, unless a denial of paternity signed or otherwise authenticated by the presumed father is filed with the State Department of Health, Division of Vital Records; or

2. States that another man is an acknowledged or adjudicated father.

C. An acknowledgment of paternity is voidable if it falsely denies the existence of a presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father of the child.

D. A presumed father may sign or otherwise authenticate an acknowledgment of paternity.

Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 7700-302

Added by Laws 2006 , HB 2967, c. 116, §10, eff. 11/1/2006.