{"data":{"id":"us-vt/15c-v.s.a.-308","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"15C V.S.A. § 308","heading":"Challenge to acknowledgment after expiration of period for rescission","body":"(a) Challenge by signatory. After the period for rescission under section 307 of this title has expired, a signatory of an acknowledgment of parentage or denial of parentage may commence a proceeding to challenge the acknowledgment or denial only:\n(1) on the basis of fraud, duress, coercion, threat of harm, or material mistake of fact; and\n(2) within two years after the acknowledgment or denial is effective in accordance with section 304 of this title.\n(b) Challenge by person not a signatory. If an acknowledgment of parentage has been made in accordance with this chapter, a person who is neither the child nor a signatory to the acknowledgment who seeks to challenge the validity of the acknowledgment and adjudicate parentage shall commence a proceeding within two years after the effective date of the acknowledgment unless the person did not know and could not reasonably have known of the person’s potential parentage due to a material misrepresentation or concealment, in which case the proceeding shall be commenced within two years after the discovery of the person’s potential parentage.\n(c) Burden of proof. A person challenging an acknowledgment of parentage or denial of parentage pursuant to this section has the burden of proof by clear and convincing evidence.\n(d) Consolidation. A court proceeding in which the validity of an acknowledgment of parentage is challenged shall be consolidated with any other pending court actions regarding the child.","path":["Title 15C: Parentage Proceedings","Chapter 003: Voluntary Acknowledgment of Parentage"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/15C/003/00308","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:00Z","sha256":"6912ac3582ec8225e86242fc5ce3b9f0d8d2de1d58596b052586de5466fb4abf","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/15c-v.s.a.-307","next":"us-vt/15c-v.s.a.-309"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}