(This is section 310 of the UPA.)

Source: 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(5)(E), see Appendix: Federal IV-D Statute Relating to Parentage, infra.

§1861.__Full faith and credit

A court of this State shall give full faith and credit to an acknowledgment of paternity or denial of parentage effective in another state if the acknowledgment or denial has been signed and is otherwise in compliance with the law of the other state.

Comment

(This is section 311 of the UPA.)

Source: 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(5)(C)(iv).

PRWORA requires states "to give full faith and credit to such an affidavit [of acknowledgment of paternity] signed in any other State according to its procedures." Id. And, § 666(a)(5)(D)(ii) provides that a "signed voluntary acknowledgment is considered a legal finding of paternity . . . ." In sum, federal law requires that an acknowledgment of paternity has the same status as a "judgment," 28 U.S.C. § 1738, a "child custody determination," 28 U.S.C. § 1738A, and a "child support order," 28 U.S.C. § 1738B. This section implements these mandates.

§1862.__Forms for acknowledgment and denial of paternity

1.__Form.__To facilitate compliance with this subchapter, the State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall prescribe forms for the acknowledgment of paternity and the denial of parentage.

2.__Later modification of form.__A valid acknowledgment of paternity or denial of parentage is not affected by a later modification of the prescribed form.

Comment

(This is section 312 of the UPA.)

Source: 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(5)C)(i),(iv), see Appendix: Federal IV-D Statute Relating to Parentage, infra.

The federal Office of Child Support Enforcement has issued an Action Transmittal to all IV-D agencies specifying how to