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YOU MUST FILE A COMPLAINT FOR PATERNITY WITHIN 4 YEARS OF A CHILD'S BIRTH. NOTE: There are circumstances where a paternity action may be filed if a child is over 4 years of age. You should consult an attorney.

Paternity. In the instance of an out-of-wedlock birth, Nebraska Revised Statutes 71-640.01 - 71-640.02 permit the parents to add paternity either at the time of birth at the hospital or at Vital Records after the birth.

When a child is born during a marriage the law assumes or presumes the husband is the child's legal father. 1 A husband and wife do not have to take any action to establish the husband as a child's father. It happens automatically. This assumption can be challenged.

When parents are not married, paternity may be established by submitting a notarized Acknowledgment of Paternity form to DHHS Vital Records Management or through a court order. Nebraska hospitals have Acknowledgement of Paternity forms available to be completed at the time of the child's birth.

In cases where fathers are awarded the role of primary custodian, they have the same rights to collecting child support from the child's mother as a mother would in the same position, and fathers also have equal access to child support enforcement services through the state.

Unless there is a court order in place, married and divorcing parents in Montana have equal rights and responsibilities regarding parenting. If parents are unmarried, fathers don't have legal parenting rights until paternity is established.

The state recognizes the importance of both parents in a child's life and aims to provide shared parenting time that benefits the child. In Montana, both natural parents have a constitutional right to parent their children, barring any severe factors that may impact their ability to provide proper care.

Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment Form and Notice of Withdrawal of Paternity Form – a process that involves signing a form to legally establish the father-child relationship when a child is born to unmarried parents. When the form is completed and signed, the father's name will go on the child's birth certificate.

Paternity gives certain rights and responsibilities to the father. The father must support the child until age 21 or until the child is emancipated before age 21. He has the right to make important decisions for the child equal to that of the mother, unless a court has ruled otherwise.