Paternity Information by State

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Alabama

• Child Support Enforcement: Establishing Paternity (Alabama Department of Human Resources)
• Child Support Forms (Alabama Administrative Office of Courts)

Alaska

• FAQ About Paternity Establishment (Alaska Child Support Services Division)
• Paternity (Alaska Court Self-Help Center)

Arizona

• Establishing Paternity for Your Child in Arizona [PDF] (Arizona Supreme Court)

Arkansas

• Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity (Arkansas Dept. of Finance & Admin.)

California

• Parentage (Judicial Council of California)
• How to Establish Parentage
• Forms & Instructions for Parentage Cases

Colorado

• Establishing Paternity (Colorado Judicial Branch)
• Disclaiming Paternity Forms (Colorado Judicial Branch)

Connecticut

• Establish Paternity For Your Child...And For You! Questions & Answers for Moms [PDF] (Connecticut Department of Social Services)
• Establishing Paternity Questions and Answers for Dads [PDF] (Connecticut Department of Social Services)

Delaware

• Paternity/Genetic Testing Law Forms (Delaware State Courts)
• Petition for Parentage Determination [PDF]

District of Columbia

• Paternity and Child Support Branch (District of Columbia Courts)
• Biological Mother's Affidavit Concerning Paternity [PDF] (District of Columbia Courts)

Florida

• Establishing Legal Paternity For Your Child (Florida Department of Revenue)
• Petition to Determine Paternity and for Related Relief [PDF] (Florida Supreme Court)
• Motion for Scientific Paternity Testing [PDF] (Florida Supreme Court)

Georgia

• Parentage Overview (Georgia Judicial Branch)
• Legitimation Packet (DeKalb County Superior Court)
• Legitimation Forms (Fulton County Superior Court Family Division)

Hawaii

• Family Courts (Hawaii State Judiciary)

Idaho

• Establishing Legal Paternity (Idaho Department of Health & Welfare)
• About Genetic Testing
• Motion for Genetic Tests [PDF] (Idaho State Judiciary)

Illinois

• Paternity Information You Should Know (IL Child Support Enforcement)
• Establish Paternity (IL Child Support Enforcement)

Indiana

• Establishing Paternity for the Father (Child Support Bureau)
• Establishing Paternity for the Mother (Child Support Bureau)

Iowa

• Paternity FAQ (Iowa Judicial Branch)
• Custody & Placement (Iowa State Bar)

Kansas

• Child Support Enforcement Handbook: Establishing Paternity (Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation)

Kentucky

• Division of Child Support (Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Services)
• KY Paternity Acknowledgement Program

Louisiana

• Support Enforcement Services (Louisiana Office of Family Support)
• Paternity Establishment

Maine

• Paternity: Am I the Father? (Pine Tree Legal Assistance/Maine Judicial Branch )
• Establishing Paternity For Your Child (Maine Acknowledgment of Paternity Project/Maine Judicial Branch)

Maryland

• Affidavit of Parentage [PDF] (Maryland Department of Human Resources)

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts Law About Paternity (Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries)
• Forms for Actions Involving Unwed Parents (Administrative Office of the Trial Court)

Michigan

• selfhelp: Paternity
• Paternity Establishment (Michigan Department of Human Services)

Minnesota

• Being a Legal Father: Parentage Information for Mothers and Fathers (DHS-3159a) [PDF] (Minnesota Department of Human Services)
• Improving Paternity Establishment Practices and Procedures for Low-Income Mothers, Fathers and Children [PDF] (The Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy)

Mississippi

• A Simple Acknowledgement of Paternity program (Mississippi Dept. of Human Serv.)

Missouri

• Fathering to Meet the Needs of Children (University of Missouri Extension)

Montana

• Paternity Information for Parents [PDF] (Montana DPHHS)
• Paternity Establishment Handbook [PDF]
• Paternity Establishment Instructions [PDF]
• Paternity Acknowledgment Form [PDF]
• Putative Father Registration [MS DOC]

Nebraska

• Establishing Paternity (Department of Health and Human Services)

Nevada

• What Every Parent Should Know About Establishing Paternity (Nevada Division of Welfare)
• Parentage Chapter of the Child Support Manual

New Hampshire

• Division of Child Support Services (New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services)

New Jersey

• Establishing Paternity (New Jersey Child Support Services)
• Non-Dissolution Cases FAQs (Hudson Vicinage - Family Division)

New Mexico

• Petition to Establish Parentage (New Mexico Supreme Court)

New York

• Paternity Establishment (New York State Division of Child Support Enforcement)
• Establishing Paternity - What You Should Know [PDF]
• Family Court Forms - Paternity (NY State Unified Court System)

North Carolina

• Affidavit of Parentage [PDF]

North Dakota

• Paternity Establishment (North Dakota Department of Human Services)

Ohio

• Ohio Paternity Enhancement Program

Oklahoma

• Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgement (Oklahoma Department of Human Services)
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Centralized Support Registry Questions (Oklahoma Department of Human Services)
• Centralized Paternity Registry Form [PDF] (Oklahoma Supreme Court Network)

Oregon

• You Owe It to Your Child - Paternity Information for Mothers and Fathers (AFS 9050) [PDF] (Oregon Department of Human Services)
• Paternity (Oregon State Bar)
• Division of Child Support Forms (Oregon Department of Justice)

Pennsylvania

• Establishing Paternity For Your Child (PA Child Support Program)
• PA Child Support Program

Rhode Island

• Child Support Forms (Rhode Island Child Support Agency)
• Paternity Affidavit [PDF]

South Carolina

• For Your Child's Sake...Establish Legal Fatherhood [PDF] (South Carolina Department of Social Services)

South Dakota

• Paternity Establishment (South Dakota Child Support Services)
• Paternity Affidavit Form [PDF]

Tennessee

• Title 36, Chapter 2 Paternity of the Tennessee Code (Tennessee Department of Human Services)

Texas

• Paternity Establishment (Office of the Attorney General)
• Paternity Establishment FAQs (Legal Aid of Northwest Texas)

Utah

• Paternity Establishment (Utah Dept. of Human Serv.)
• How-To: Make a Paternity Claim (Utah State Courts)

Vermont

• Establishing Parentage (Vermont Judiciary)
• Parentage Affidavit (for the father)
• Parentage Affidavit (for the mother)

Virginia

• Motion for Genetic Testing | Instructions [PDF] (Virginia Courts)
• For and About Fathers (Fairfax County)

Washington

• Declaration of Father (Parentage) [PDF]
• Declaration of Mother (Parentage) [PDF]

West Virginia

• West Virginia Bureau for Children and Families (West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources)

Wisconsin

• About Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgement (Wisconsin Dept. of Children and Families)

Wyoming

• Wyoming Putative Father Registry (Wyoming Department of Family Services)