13 Del. C. § 8-406: Required form [Effective Dec. 6, 2026].
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 13. Domestic Relations
- CHAPTER 8. Uniform Parentage Act [Effective Dec. 6, 2026].
- Subchapter IV. Registry of Paternity [Effective Dec. 6, 2026].
(a) The Office of Vital Statistics shall prescribe a form for registering under § 8-402(a) of this title. The form must state that:
(1) The man who registers signs the form under penalty of perjury.
(2) Timely registration entitles the man who registers to notice of a proceeding for adoption of the child or termination of the man’s parental rights;
(3) Timely registration does not commence a proceeding to establish parentage;
(4) The information disclosed on the form may be used against the man to establish parentage;
(5) Services to assist in establishing parentage are available to the man who registers through the child-support agency;
(6) The man who registers also may register in a registry of paternity in another state if conception or birth of the child occurred in the other state.
(7) Information on registries of paternity of other states is available from the Office of Vital Statistics and the child-support agency; and
(8) Procedures exist to rescind the registration.
(b) A man who registers under § 8-402(a) of this title shall sign the form described in subsection (a) of this section under penalty of perjury.
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