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participates in those actions, the person is bound by the results
of the actions described in paragraphs A, B and D.

 
4.__Acknowledgment; requirements.__An acknowledgment under
this section must:

 
A.__Be in a record;

 
B.__Be signed or otherwise authenticated, under penalty of
perjury by the person seeking to establish parentage and by
another parent of the child who resided with the child for
the first 2 years of the child's life;

 
C.__ State that no action is pending and that no
adjudication has been made, in any court, or in any
administrative proceeding, concerning the parentage or the
support of the child;

 
D.__State that the signatories understand that the
acknowledgment is the equivalent of a judicial adjudication
of parentage of the child and that a challenge to the
acknowledgment is permitted only under limited circumstances
and is barred after 2 years.

 
5.__Acknowledgment void.__An acknowledgment under this section
is void if it:

 
A.__States that another person is an acknowledged father or
adjudicated parent; or

 
B.__Falsely denies the existence of an acknowledged father
or adjudicated parent of the child.

 
6.__Procedure for challenge.__An acknowledgment under this
section may be challenged by commencing an action in court, in
accordance with this subsection:

 
A.__The action may be filed only by a person who was not a
signatory to the acknowledgment.

 
B.__The action must be commenced within 2 years after the
filing of the acknowledgment.

 
C.__The party bringing the action has the burden of proof.

 
D.__The court shall declare the acknowledgment void if it
finds that the person whose parentage is established by the
acknowledgment did not meet the requirements stated in
section 1844, subsection 1, paragraph E.


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