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2025 Delaware Code
Title 13 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 8. UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT
Subchapter IV. Registry of Paternity
§ 8-404. Termination of parental rights; child under 1 year of age.
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§ 8-404. Termination of parental rights; child under 1 year of age. 74 Del. Laws, c. 136, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1;
The parental rights of a man who may be the father of a child may be terminated without notice if:
(1) The child has not attained 1 year of age at the time of the termination of parental rights;
(2) The man did not register timely with the Office of Vital Statistics; and
(3) The man is not exempt from registration under § 8-402 of this title.
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