ORS 432.098: Voluntary acknowledgment of parentage form; rules; fees.

(1)(a) The State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics shall adopt by rule forms for the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage. A valid acknowledgment of parentage is not affected by a later modification of the form. The form must include the minimum requirements specified by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and be consistent with the requirements under ORS 109.070 and this section.

      (b) If there is no second parent named on the child’s record of live birth, the filing of a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage form shall cause the state registrar to place the name of the parent acknowledging parentage on the record of live birth of the child or, if appropriate, establish a replacement for the record containing the name of the child’s parent, as that parent is named in the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage form.

      (c) The state registrar may charge a fee for the filing of the voluntary acknowledgment of parentage form created by this section.

      (d) A voluntary acknowledgment of parentage takes effect upon the filing of the form with the state registrar.

      (2)(a) Notwithstanding paragraph (b)(C) of this subsection, upon request, the state registrar shall provide information relating to a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage to the state agency responsible for administration of the child support program created under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. The duty imposed upon the state registrar by this section is limited to information relating to records of live birth executed and filed with the state registrar after October 1, 1995.

      (b) The state registrar may release information relating to an acknowledgment of parentage to:

      (A) A party to the acknowledgment;

      (B) A court; or

      (C) Subject to ORS 432.350, a government agency.

      (3) If a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage is rescinded as provided in ORS 109.070, upon receipt of the rescission, the state registrar shall notify:

      (a) The parent who gave birth to the child; and

      (b) The Department of Human Services if the child is in the care and custody of the department and the department has requested such notification.

      (4)(a) The state registrar is not required to verify the validity of a rescission received under subsection (3) of this section.

      (b) The state registrar is not required to make the notifications described in subsection (3) of this section if the state registrar reasonably believes that the rescission is invalid.

      (c) Failure of the state registrar to make the notifications described in subsection (3) of this section does not affect the validity of a rescission.