HB426 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Tim Wadsworth Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Family law, provide further for establishing paternity for a child, Sec. 26-17-204 am'd.

Description

Existing law provides for the establishment of paternity for a child.

This bill would provide that if the mother of a child who is lawfully married misrepresents her marital status to an alleged biological father, and the alleged biological father has held the child out as his own during the mother's pregnancy with the child, the presumption of paternity in favor of the mother's husband is rebuttable.

This bill would also allow the alleged biological father to petition to establish paternity of the child.

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Subjects

Family Law