How long after a child is born can paternity be established?
In Maine, there is no age or time limit when a voluntary AOP can be signed. If a woman has her baby at home with a midwife, how do parents sign a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity? Midwives are responsible for sending the necessary birth information to the municipal clerk’s office in the town where the baby was born within fourteen days after the birth. After this information is sent to the municipal clerk, the parents can complete the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form at the clerk’s office. The clerk is authorized to notarize the form. If unwed parents happily live together, should they sign a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity? Yes. In Maine, only if parents are married is the father automatically considered the legal father. Unmarried parents need to sign a voluntary AOP form in order to provide a legal father for and protect the rights of their child. What last name can be given to a child? A child can be given any last name, even if paternity has not been establish
