Section 5-306 - Paternity. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-306. Paternity.
 

(a)  In general.- Unless a court excludes a man as the father of a child, a man is the father if: 

(1) the man was married to the child's mother at the time of the child's conception; 

(2) the man was married to the child's mother at the time of the child's birth; 

(3) the man is named as the father on the child's birth certificate and has not signed a denial of paternity; 

(4) the child's mother has named the man as the child's father and the man has not signed a denial of paternity; 

(5) the man has been adjudicated to be the child's father; 

(6) the man has acknowledged himself, orally or in writing, to be the child's father and the mother agrees; or 

(7) on the basis of genetic testing, the man is indicated to be the child's biological father. 

(b)  Notice and hearing on paternity claim.-  

(1) A petitioner under Part II or Part III of this subtitle shall give a juvenile court notice that a man who is not named in the petition and has not been excluded as a father claims paternity. 

(2) After a request of a party or claimant and before ruling on a petition under Part II or Part III of this subtitle, a juvenile court shall hold a hearing on the issue of paternity. 
 

[2005, ch. 464, § 3.]