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Establishing Paternity Both parents may come into a DCSS office to fill out and sign the Voluntary Affidavit Acknowledging Paternity form that is filed by the DCSS through the Hospital Paternity Program (HPP) to establish paternity.

Married Fathers The husband and wife sign an acknowledgment of paternity which is then included in their birth certificate as proof thereof. This means that a married father has legal rights to the child, including custody, visitation, and other parental responsibilities.

Arizona Revised Statute Section 25-814 provides that paternity can be established through genetic testing, so long as that testing proves at least a 95% probability the man is the father of the child. You should also be aware of where you may establish paternity of your child.

Under A.R.S. § 25-806, paternity can be established by filing a petition with the court in order to reach a legal determination of paternity. Either the father, same sex partner, or the mother can file a petition to adjudicate that the father or same sex partner is the legal parent of the child.

If a father refuses a court-ordered paternity test or if a mother refuses to present the child for a test, they may be held in contempt of court until submitting to the test.

If you are an unmarried father and your name is not on your child's birth certificate, you may be wondering what rights you have. In Arizona, fathers have to take legal action to establish paternity in order to gain any rights to their children.