Is there a time limit on getting a court to adjudicate the father of a child?
Yes. If the child has a presumed father, then the presumed father must file a lawsuit to determine parentage before four years have passed since an acknowledgement of paternity was filed with the bureau of vital stastics, which is usually the birth certificate, with certain exceptions. This situation occurs when the presumed father believes that he is not the biological father of the child. A presumed father is, generally, someone who was married to the mother at the time of conception or birth or who voluntarily stated that he was the father on the child’s birth certificate (there are other circumstances as well). If the child does not have a presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father, then a lawsuit to determine paternity (i.e., to determine who is the biological father) may be filed at any time by the mother or the father of the child.
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