{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-14-2-605","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 14-2-605","heading":"Effect of acknowledgment or denial of paternity.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 14-2-607 and 14-2-608, a valid acknowledgment of paternity filed with the state office of vital records 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.\n(b) Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 14-2-607 and 14-2-608, a valid denial of paternity by a presumed father filed with the state office of vital records 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 - CHILDREN","CHAPTER 2 - PARENTS","ARTICLE 6 - VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title14.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"a8f1defdba5698fb78d02cf18039dae921df58a68bb586205597b9c71ee69dbe","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-14-2-604","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-14-2-606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}