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Utah child custody law is gender neutral. However, in the case of unmarried parents, mothers have a “natural” and “primary” right to custody. Until a father establishes paternity, he has no rights at all.

Determining Paternity without a DNA Test? Date of Conception. There are ways to estimate date of conception, which can be found all over the web. Eye-Color Test. An eye-color paternity test shows how eye color and inherited-trait theory can be used to help estimate paternity. Blood-Type Test.

Yes, the courts can compel you to take a paternity test and there's nothing to be done about it.

A court will not allow a parent to ignore court-ordered paternity testing and may fine or sentence the no-show party. That individual will receive a time period before sanctions take effect to get them to comply with the court order.

Execution of declaration of paternity. state that the signatories understand that the declaration is the equivalent of a legal finding of paternity of the child and that a challenge to the declaration is permitted only under the limited circumstances described in Section 78B-15-307.

I acknowledge that the man named above is the biological father of my child. I give my consent to have his name appear on the Certificate of Birth of my child. I declare and affirm that at the time of my child's birth, I was not married and had not been married in the 300 days prior to the birth of my child.

What Is a Voluntary Declaration of Paternity? Unmarried parents can acknowledge paternity of a child born in Utah by signing the Voluntary Declaration of Paternity by Parents. This is a legally binding form from the Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics.

A father and mother can declare the father's paternity by signing a Declaration of Paternity. Evidence that the father is named on the child's birth certificate, that the child took the father's surname, and/or that the father has been providing support is good evidence for a declaration.

When unmarried parents have a baby, the father does not automatically have legal rights and duties. He must take steps to establish his rights and responsibilities. This is called establishing paternity. Usually the mother has sole legal and physical custody of the children until a court orders something different.