{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-81-5-303","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 81-5-303","heading":"Denial of paternity.","body":"(1) A presumed or declarant father may sign a denial of the presumed or declarant father's paternity.\n(2) The denial is valid only if:\n(a) a declaration of paternity signed, or otherwise authenticated, by another man is filed in accordance with Section 81-5-305;\n(b) the denial is in a form prescribed by and filed with the Office of Vital Records and Statistics and is signed, or otherwise authenticated, under penalty of perjury; and\n(c) the presumed or declarant father has not previously:\n(i) declared the presumed or declarant father's paternity, unless the previous declaration has been rescinded in accordance with Section 81-5-306 or successfully challenged in accordance with Section 81-5-307; or\n(ii) been adjudicated to be the father of the child.","path":["Title 81 Utah Domestic Relations Code","Chapter 81-5 Uniform Parentage Act","Part 81-5-3 Voluntary Declaration of Paternity"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title81/Chapter5/81-5-S303.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"e35c0eaa95e304b1881374ac0e4b23241014f09d083b51fa88d4253ec1b6642f","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-81-5-302","next":"us-ut/utah-code-81-5-304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}