Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 351 - Maine Child Support Enforcement Manual
Chapter 9 - EXPEDITED PROCESS FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF PATERNITY ACTIONS
Section 144-351-9-4 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY

Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024

An alleged father may execute and deliver to the Division an acknowledgment of paternity prior to a record of a paternity proceeding being filed in a court. If the Division receives an acknowledgment of paternity prior to filing a record of a proceeding in a court, it must terminate the proceeding and proceed against the father pursuant to Chapter 8 of the Manual. An acknowledgment of paternity must be executed in accordance with the laws of the state in which the child(ren) was (were) born.

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