The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 15C : Parentage Proceedings
Chapter 003 : Voluntary Acknowledgment of Parentage
(Cite as: 15C V.S.A. § 303)-
§ 303. Denial of parentage
A person presumed to be a parent or an alleged genetic parent may sign a denial of parentage only in the limited circumstances set forth in this section. A denial of parentage shall be valid only if:
(1) an acknowledgment of parentage by another person has been filed pursuant to this chapter;
(2) the denial is in a record and is witnessed and signed by at least one other person; and
(3) the person executing the denial has not previously:
(A) acknowledged parentage, unless the previous acknowledgment has been rescinded pursuant to section 307 of this title or successfully challenged the acknowledgment pursuant to section 308 of this title; or
(B) been adjudicated to be the parent of the child. (Added 2017, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
