{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-14-20-15","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-15","heading":"(305) Effect of acknowledgment or denial of paternity","body":"1.Except as otherwise provided in sections 14-20-17 and 14-20-18, a valid acknowledgment of paternity filed with the department of health and human services is equivalent to an adjudication of paternity of a child and confers upon the acknowledged father all of the rights and duties of a parent and must be recognized as a basis for a support order in any proceeding to establish, enforce, or modify a support order.\n2.Except as otherwise provided in sections 14-20-17 and 14-20-18, a valid denial of paternity by a presumed father filed with the department of health and human services in conjunction with a valid acknowledgment of paternity is equivalent to an adjudication of the nonpaternity of the presumed father and discharges the presumed father from all rights and duties of a parent.","path":["Title 14 Domestic Relations And Persons","Chapter 14-20 Uniform Parentage Act"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t14c20.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"0c0f8a2a361cf528817e7e13adaa4b14ba130f994fa295c6fdd2d07c4b047b65","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-14-20-14","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-14-20-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}