{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-2342.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-2342.01","heading":"Voluntary acknowledgement of paternity.","body":"(a)\nThe voluntary acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to section 16-909.01(a)(1) shall:\n(1)\nCreate a conclusive presumption of paternity, consistent with § 16-909.01(b), which shall be admissible as evidence of paternity, unless the acknowledgement was signed in the District and it is proven that the requirements of § 16-909.01(a)(1) were not fully met; and\n(2)\nBe recognized as a basis for seeking a child support obligation without requiring any further proceeding to establish paternity.\n\n(b)\nJudicial or administrative proceedings are not required or permitted to ratify an unchallenged acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to section 16-909.1(a)(1).\n\n(c)\nThe IV-D agency is authorized to obtain voluntary acknowledgments of paternity in a manner that complies with the same requirements that apply to birthing hospitals as set forth in section 16-909.03.\n\n(d)\nAn acknowledgment shall be admissible in any judicial proceeding to determine parentage.","path":["Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 23. Family Division [Family Court] Proceedings.","Subchapter II. Parentage Proceedings."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-2342.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"c6664711d5bb9f4249e2a284512bdba8eccb515c773ebb1dcf8b29ba35d6c387","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-2342","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-2343"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}