Section 25-8-52 - Rebuttable presumption of paternity--Signed and notarized affidavit.

25-8-52. Rebuttable presumption of paternity--Signed and notarized affidavit. A signed and notarized affidavit of paternity creates a rebuttable presumption of paternity, admissible as evidence of paternity, and allows the Department of Social Services to proceed to establish a support obligation in accordance with the provisions of §§ 25-7A-5 to 25-7A-8, inclusive, without requiring any further proceedings to establish paternity.

Source: SL 1994, ch 204, § 3.