TITLE 7

SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

CHAPTER 11

PROCEEDINGS TO ESTABLISH PATERNITY

7-1110.  Proceedings — By whom brought. Proceedings to establish the paternity of the child and to compel support under this act may be commenced by the mother, whether a minor or not, or by the child’s guardian or other person standing in a paternal relation or being the next of kin of the child, or by the department of health and welfare on behalf of a child for whom services are being provided under Title IV-D of the social security act.

History:

[7-1110, added 1969, ch. 93, sec. 9, p. 318; am. 1978, ch. 151, sec. 1, p. 333; am. 1995, ch. 234, sec. 2, p. 792.]