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2014 Delaware Code
Title 13 - Domestic Relations
CHAPTER 8. UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT
Subchapter III Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity
§ 8-310. Ratification barred


2 DE Code § 8-310 (2014 through 146th Gen Ass) What's This?

A court or administrative agency conducting a judicial or administrative proceeding is not required or permitted to ratify an unchallenged acknowledgment of paternity.

74 Del. Laws, c. 136, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;

A court of this State shall give full faith and credit to an acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity effective in another state if the acknowledgment or denial has been signed and is otherwise in compliance with the law of the other state.

74 Del. Laws, c. 136, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;

(a) To facilitate compliance with this subchapter, the Division of Child Support Enforcement shall prescribe forms for the acknowledgment of paternity and the denial of paternity.

(b) A valid acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity is not affected by a later modification of the prescribed form.

74 Del. Laws, c. 136, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;

The Division of Child Support Enforcement may release information relating to the acknowledgment of paternity or denial of paternity to a signatory of the acknowledgment or denial and to courts and agencies authorized by other law of this State or another state to receive the information of this or another state.

74 Del. Laws, c. 136, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;

The Division of Child Support Enforcement may adopt rules to implement this subchapter.

74 Del. Laws, c. 136, § 1.;

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