2.__Respondent.__The respondent resides or is present if the child does not reside in this State;

3.__Estate proceeding.__A proceeding for probate or administration of the presumed parent's or alleged father's estate has been commenced; or

4.__Child protection proceeding.__A child protection proceeding has been commenced.

Comment

(This is section 605 of the UPA.)

Source: UPA (1973) § 8(c).

The venue provision provides choices proven to be reasonable and convenient since its inclusion in the 1973 Act.

§1926.__No limitation: child having no presumed parent,

acknowledged father or adjudicated parent

A proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a child having no presumed parent, acknowledged father or adjudicated parent may be commenced at any time, even after:

1.__Child.__The child becomes an adult, but only if the child initiates the proceeding; or

2.__Earlier proceeding dismissed.__An earlier proceeding to adjudicate parentage has been dismissed based on the application of a statute of limitation then in effect.

Comment

(This is section 606 of the UPA.)

Source: UPA (1973) §§ 6, 7.

For a state to retain the federal child support enforcement subsidy, 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(5)(A)(i) mandates that the states must have laws to "permit the establishment of the paternity of a child at any time before the child attains 18 years of age." States have chosen a wide range of age options: age 18 (20 states), age 19 (6 states), age 20 (2 states), age 21 (10 states), age 22 (2 states), age 23 (2 states), and no limitation