N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-07: (201) Establishment of parent-child relationship

1.The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:

a.The woman's having given birth to the child;

b.An adjudication of the woman's maternity; or

c.Adoption of the child by the woman.

2.The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:

a.An unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under section 14-20-10;

b.An effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man under sections 14-20-11 through 14-20-24, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged;

c.An adjudication of the man's paternity;

d.Adoption of the child by the man; or

e.The man's having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman under sections 14-20-59 through 14-20-65 which resulted in the birth of the child.