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The Vermont Statutes Online

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Title 15C : Parentage Proceedings

Chapter 003 : Voluntary Acknowledgment of Parentage

(Cite as: 15C V.S.A. § 301)
  • § 301. Acknowledgment of parentage

    (a) The following persons may sign an acknowledgment of parentage to establish parentage of a child:

    (1) a person who gave birth to the child;

    (2) a person who is the alleged genetic parent of the child;

    (3) a person who is an intended parent to the child pursuant to chapter 7 or 8 of this title; and

    (4) a presumed parent pursuant to chapter 4 of this title.

    (b) The acknowledgment shall be signed by both the person who gave birth to the child and by the person seeking to establish a parent-child relationship and shall be witnessed and signed by at least one other person. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)