{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-909.04","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-909.04","heading":"Voluntary paternity acknowledgment program for birth records agency.","body":"(a)\nThe Registrar of Vital Records shall offer to any person seeking to file or amend a birth certificate that does not include the names of 2 parents:\n(1)\nWritten materials concerning paternity establishment;\n(2)\nForms necessary to acknowledge paternity voluntarily that meet the federal requirements;\n(3)\nA written and oral description of the alternatives to, the legal consequences of, and the rights and responsibilities that arise from, signing a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity (the oral description may be videotaped or audiotaped);\n(4)\nWritten notice that a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity is not effectuated unless the mother and putative father each signs the form under oath and a notary authenticates the signatures;\n(5)\nThe services of a notary on the premises;\n(6)\nThe opportunity to speak, by telephone or in person, with staff of the IV-D agency or Registrar who are trained to clarify information and answer questions about paternity establishment; and\n(7)\nThe opportunity to acknowledge paternity voluntarily at the birth records agency.\n\n(b)\nThe Registrar of Vital Records shall establish procedures for the recording in the records of the Registrar, and for the transmittal to the IV-D agency of completed voluntary acknowledgments of paternity, and of information contained in an acknowledgment that may be used in the establishment or enforcement of a support order.","path":["Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 9. Divorce, Annulment, Separation, Support, Etc."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-909.04","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"3c8dcb568db984b38392c7b92aecca867aece3ed29ec872663e7c2b96833f052","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-909.03","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-909.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}