CHAPTER 3. Establishment of Parentage by Voluntary Declaration [7570. - 7581.]
Heading of Chapter 3 amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 876, Sec. 25.
§§ 7570–7581 · 12 sections
- § 7570 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (1) There is a compelling state interest in establishing parentage for all children. Establishing…
- § 7571 (a) On and after January 1, 1995, upon the event of a live birth, prior to an unmarried mother or a mother who gave birth to a child conceived through assisted…
- § 7572 (a) The Department of Child Support Services, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services, the California Association of Hospitals and…
- § 7573 (a) The following persons may sign a voluntary declaration of parentage to establish the parentage of the child: (1) An unmarried woman who gave birth to the…
- § 7573.5 (a) A voluntary declaration of parentage is void if, at the time of signing, any of the following are true: (1) A person other than the woman who gave birth to…
- § 7574 (a) The voluntary declaration of parentage shall be executed on a form developed by the Department of Child Support Services in consultation with the State…
- § 7575 (a) Either parent may rescind the voluntary declaration of parentage by filing a rescission form with the Department of Child Support Services within 60 days…
- § 7576 (a) After the period for rescission provided in Section 7575 expires, but not later than two years after the effective date provided in subdivision (c) of…
- § 7577 The following rules apply in an action to challenge a valid voluntary declaration of parentage brought by a person who is not a signatory to the declaration.…
- § 7578 (a) Every signatory to a voluntary declaration of parentage shall be made a party to a proceeding to challenge the declaration. (b) By signing a voluntary…
- § 7580 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 7573, a voluntary declaration of parentage that is signed by a minor parent does not establish parentage until…
- § 7581 The following provisions shall apply for voluntary declarations signed on or before December 31, 1996. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the child of…