Who is a presumed father?
The following is an oversimplification of a very complex area of law. Please consult an attorney. A presumed father is a man who is recognized as the father of a child until that status is either rebutted or confirmed in a later court proceeding. A man is a presumed father if he is married to the mother of the child at the time of the child’s birth, or was married to the mother within 301 days of the child’s birth. A man is also a presumed father if he married the mother after the birth of the child and (1) voluntarily asserted his paternity of the child and that assertion is filed with the bureau of vital statistics, (2) he is voluntarily named as the child’s father on the birth certificate, (3) he promised in writing to support the child as his own; (4) during the first two years of the child’s life, continuously resided in the household wit the child and represented to others that the child was his own. Who is an acknowledged father? An acknowledged father is a man claiming to be th
