Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-7700-302

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Requirements of acknowledgment – Void and voidable

Official statutory text

acknowledgment.

A. An acknowledgment of paternity shall:

1. Be in a record and on the form prescribed by the Department

of Human Services pursuant to Section 20 of this act;

2. Be signed, or otherwise authenticated, under penalty of

perjury by the mother and by the man seeking to establish his

paternity;

3. State that the child whose paternity is being acknowledged:

a. does not have a presumed father, or has a presumed

father whose full name is stated, and

b. does not have another acknowledged or adjudicated

father;

4. State whether there has been genetic testing and, if so,

that the acknowledging man’s claim of paternity is consistent with

the results of the testing; and

5. State that the signatories understand that the

acknowledgment is the equivalent of a judicial adjudication of

paternity of the child and that a challenge to the acknowledgment is

permitted only under limited circumstances and is barred after two

(2) years.

B. An acknowledgment of paternity shall be void if it:

1. States that another man is a presumed father, unless a

denial of paternity signed or otherwise authenticated by the

presumed father is filed with the State Department of Health,

Division of Vital Records; or

2. States that another man is an acknowledged or adjudicated

father.

C. An acknowledgment of paternity is voidable if it falsely

denies the existence of a presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated

father of the child.

D. A presumed father may sign or otherwise authenticate an

acknowledgment of paternity.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10. Children Page 398

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