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There are two ways to get a court order establishing paternity: file an application for services with the OAG and go through a child support review process with child support staff. A court order can result in an agreed order or a paternity petition.

To request a certified copy of the VAP go to .childsupport.illinois.gov and complete and follow instructions on HFS 3416H, Request for a Certified copy of the Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity and/or Denial of Parentage.

Paternity Acknowledgement Additionally, if both parents are not present at the time of the child's birth, they have the ability to print an Acknowledgment of Paternity form online from the Florida Department of Revenue. The form must be completed by both parents, notarized and sent to the Office of Vital Statistics.

To complete and file an AOP, both parents must work with an AOP-certified entity. AOP-certified entities have been trained by the Office of the Attorney General to help parents voluntarily establish paternity.

In Texas, signing a birth certificate will not establish paternity. In fact, a purported legal father of a child who is not married to the mother will not be able to even sign the birth certificate until he signs a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity (AOP).

Texas law requires the man who is questioning his legal relationship to a child to file a petition asking the court to terminate the parent-child relationship. The court must hold a pretrial hearing to determine if the man meets the legal requirements of the case to move forward.

If the child has a presumed father, however, the paternity suit must be brought within four years of the child's birth, unless: the presumed biological father and mother did not live together or engage in sexual relations during the likely time of conception; or.