What if the father or mother is not 18?
A person of any age can be tested. The age of the father or mother is not relevant under Nevada paternity establishment laws. How long after a child is born can paternity be established? Nevada law permits paternity action to be started anytime before the child reaches the age of 21. Can the name of the father be put on the child’s birth certificate? That depends on the situation: • A married woman’s husband will be recorded as the father on the child’s birth certificate.* • When a woman has been divorced or widowed for less than ten months, her husband at the time of conception is named as the father on the child’s birth certificate.* • When the mother is not married at the time of conception or birth, the name of the father can appear on the child’s birth certificate if a paternity affidavit has been completed and notarized first.* • When the court establishes paternity, the name of the father as determined by the court will be entered on the birth certificate. *It is illegal to prov
