{"data":{"id":"us-de/13-del.-c.-8-304--2","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"13 Del. C. § 8-304","heading":"Rules for acknowledgment or denial of parentage [Effective Dec. 6, 2026].","body":"(a) An acknowledgment of parentage and a denial of parentage may be contained in a single document or may be in counterparts and may be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics separately or simultaneously. If filing of the acknowledgment and denial are both required under this chapter, neither is effective until both are filed.\n(b) An acknowledgment of parentage or a denial of parentage may be signed before or after the birth of the child.\n(c) Subject to subsection (a) of this section, an acknowledgment of parentage or denial of parentage takes effect on the birth of the child or filing of the document with the Office of Vital Statistics, whichever occurs later.\n(d) [Repealed.]","path":["Title 13. Domestic Relations","CHAPTER 8. Uniform Parentage Act [Effective Dec. 6, 2026].","Subchapter III. Voluntary Acknowledgement of Parentage [Effective Dec. 6, 2026]."],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title13/c008/sc03/index.html#8-304","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:16Z","sha256":"7acf2458d100f2bc6cf7090ab849ef53739c446b24fd6a7c936a19e17217ac72","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/13-del.-c.-8-303--2","next":"us-de/13-del.-c.-8-305--2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}