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Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 14. Family Law: Establishment of Paternity
Chapter 7. Presumption of Paternity
31-14-7-2. Rebuttable presumption; child's biological father
Universal Citation: IN Code § 31-14-7-2 (2019)
IC 31-14-7-2 Rebuttable presumption; child's biological father
Sec. 2. (a) If there is not a presumed biological father under section 1 of this chapter, there is a rebuttable presumption that a man is the child's biological father if, with the consent of the child's mother, the man:
(1) receives the child into the man's home; and
(2) openly holds the child out as the man's biological child.
(b) The circumstances under this section do not establish the man's paternity. A man's paternity may only be established as described in IC 31-14-2-1.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-6.1-9(b) part.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.138-2001, SEC.7; P.L.1-2009, SEC.156.
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