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§ 19-3.5-107. Report – Repeal of Article

The department of human services shall contract for an independent evaluation of the trust fund, including administrative costs of operating the trust fund and the cost-effectiveness and the impact of the grants on reducing and preventing child abuse. The department of human services shall provide a report of the evaluation to the house of representatives […]

§ 19-4-101. Short Title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Parentage Act”. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 793, § 1, effective October 1. Editor’s note: This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of this section, as it existed in 1987, are similar to […]

§ 19-4-113. Evidence Relating to Paternity

Evidence relating to paternity may include: Evidence of sexual intercourse between the mother and alleged father at any possible time of conception; An expert’s opinion concerning the statistical probability of the alleged father’s paternity based upon the duration of the mother’s pregnancy; Genetic test results, weighted in accordance with evidence, if available, of the statistical […]

§ 19-4-102. Parent and Child Relationship Defined

As used in this article, “parent and child relationship” means the legal relationship existing between a child and his natural or adoptive parents incident to which the law confers or imposes rights, privileges, duties, and obligations. “Parent and child relationship” includes the mother and child relationship and the father and child relationship. Source: L. 87: […]

§ 19-4-103. Relationship Not Dependent on Marriage

The parent and child relationship extends equally to every child and to every parent, regardless of the marital status of the parents. Source: L. 87: Entire title R&RE, p. 793, § 1, effective October 1. Editor’s note: This section was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of this section, […]

§ 19-4-104. How Parent and Child Relationship Established

The parent and child relationship may be established between a child and the natural mother by proof of her having given birth to the child or by any other proof specified in this article, between a child and the natural father pursuant to the provisions of this article, or between a child and an adoptive […]

§ 19-4-105. Presumption of Paternity

A man is presumed to be the natural father of a child if: He and the child’s natural mother are or have been married to each other and the child is born during the marriage, within three hundred days after the marriage is terminated by death, annulment, declaration of invalidity of marriage, dissolution of marriage, […]

§ 19-4-105.6. Amendment of Proceedings – Adding Children

In any existing case commenced under this article, if it is alleged that another child has been conceived of the parents named in the existing case, that child shall be added to the existing case if at least one of the presumptions of paternity specified in section 19-4-105 applies for the purpose of establishing paternity […]