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Section 1Declaration of purpose; definition; responsibility for support
Section 2Paternity; acknowledgment or adjudication; statistical information of parties; transmission to registrar
Section 3Paternity and support actions; jurisdiction; enforcement of prior orders or judgments; juvenile court commitment proceedings; parents convicted of first degree murder
Section 4Venue; service
Section 5Persons entitled to maintain actions or execute voluntary acknowledgment of parentage; parties
Section 6Presumption of paternity; mandatory joinder
Section 7Representation in paternity actions; appointment of counsel; burden of proof
Section 8Judgment of paternity; age of father; notice
Section 9Judgment or order for support; health insurance; financial statement; determination of amount; notice
Section 10Award of custody; criteria
Section 11Acknowledgment of parentage; approval; parental agreements regarding custody, support and visitation
Section 12Trial; exclusion of public
Section 13Inspection of documents; copies; segregation of records
Section 14Complaints brought prior to birth
Section 15Temporary orders; enforcement; information required to be given to petitioner; domestic violence record search
Section 16Competency to testify; refusal to testify; costs of tests; admissibility of evidence; failure of party to attend; testimony by telephone or affidavit
Section 17Genetic marker tests; affidavit; refusal to submit to test; costs
Section 18Judgments or orders of support; enforcement
Section 19Judgment or temporary order of support; enforcement
Section 20Modification of judgments; jurisdiction
Section 21Action to determine mother and child relationship
Section 22Proceedings barred under this chapter
Section 23Intermarriage of parents; jurisdiction
Section 24Forms