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In Michigan the statute of limitations for bringing a paternity suit is when the child reaches the age of 18. In Missouri, a paternity action relating to a child who has no presumed father, i.e. the husband of the mother at the time the child was born, is eighteen years after the birth of the child.
The birth certificate is the record of the child's birth and is usually created at the hospital when the baby is born. It is not used to establish paternity. If the mother is married when she becomes pregnant or when the baby is born, her husband's name will be put on the birth certificate as the child's father.
Acknowledgment of paternity is the voluntary process of both parents signing a notarized Affidavit of Parentage (AOP), legally declaring the paternity of a child. The AOP is the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) form DCH-0682 (see Appendix A). A completed AOP sample form is also attached (see Appendix B).
(2) If the child's mother was not married at the time of conception or birth, the name of the father shall not be entered on the certificate of birth without the written consent of the mother and without the completion, and filing with the state registrar, of an acknowledgment of parentage by the mother and the ...
(2) If a child has a presumed father, a court may determine that the child is born out of wedlock for the purpose of establishing the child's paternity if an action is filed by the presumed father within 3 years after the child's birth or if the presumed father raises the issue in an action for divorce or separate ...