Walk It Through: The Baby And The Grandparents
An acknowledgment of paternity, sixty days to rescind, and grandparents shut out.
At the hospital, an unmarried couple is handed a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One family across years. Custody, child support, adoption, paternity tests ordered by a court and grandparents raising a child are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Clear and convincing evidenceThe standard of proof the court must have before appointing a guardian, higher than the ordinary civil standard.
- GrandparentFor visitation, the natural or adoptive parent of a natural or adoptive parent of a minor child.
- MinorA person under the age of eighteen, which is what every reference to minors in the state's laws means, except in the laws on selling alcoholic beverages.
- Verified voluntary acknowledgmentA signed acknowledgment of paternity that creates a legal finding of paternity, which a signatory may rescind within sixty days or by the date of a proceeding about the child, whichever is earlier.