2011 Vermont Code
Title 15 Domestic Relations
Chapter 5 DESERTION AND SUPPORT
§ 308 Presumption of parentage
§ 308. Presumption of parentage
A person alleged to be a parent shall be rebuttably presumed to be the natural parent of a child if:
(1) the alleged parent fails to submit without good cause to genetic testing as ordered; or
(2) the alleged parents have voluntarily acknowledged parentage under the laws of this state or any other state, by filling out and signing a Voluntary Acknowledgement of Parentage form and filing the completed and witnessed form with the department of health; or
(3) the probability that the alleged parent is the biological parent exceeds 98 percent as established by a scientifically reliable genetic test; or
(4) the child is born while the husband and wife are legally married to each other. (Added 1989, No. 220 (Adj. Sess.), { 31; 1993, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), { 13.)
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