Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 7; Title 36 and Title 68.
ON MARCH 10, 2022, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1779, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 adds a provision to this bill concerning acknowledgement of paternity. Under present law, a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity signed by a child's mother and biological father constitutes a legal finding of paternity on the individual named as the father of the child in the acknowledgment, subject to rescission as provided by law. This amendment specifies that the finding applies when the acknowledgement is signed by an unwed father.
ON MARCH 10, 2022, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1779, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 adds a provision to this bill concerning acknowledgement of paternity. Under present law, a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity signed by a child's mother and biological father constitutes a legal finding of paternity on the individual named as the father of the child in the acknowledgment, subject to rescission as provided by law. This amendment specifies that the finding applies when the acknowledgement is signed by an unwed father.
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