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Each hospital and birthing center in Connecticut is required by law to offer unmarried parents the opportunity to establish their baby's paternity immediately after the birth of their child. To establish paternity of a child, the mother and the father must sign the form called Acknowledgment of Paternity.

The Acknowledgement of Parentage form is a sworn statement voluntarily completed by the parents at the hospital at the time the child is born, or at a later date at any local office of the Department of Social Services (see Directory of Department of Social Services Offices), or at the Department of Public Health.

If there is a disagreement in terms of paternity, the court may order DNA testing. If the paternity test is court-ordered, neither the mother nor the presumed father can refuse to test.

The Department of Social Services, Office of Child Support Services can help schedule a DNA test with or without going to court. Samples taken from the mother, the child, and the possible father are sent to a lab for testing. A form of positive identification is required and the test may be free of charge.

Each hospital and birthing center in Connecticut is required by law to offer unmarried parents the opportunity to establish their baby's paternity immediately after the birth of their child. To establish paternity of a child, the mother and the father must sign the form called Acknowledgment of Paternity.

The process begins with the petitioner filing a ?Paternity Petition? in family court. A judge may order the alleged father to undergo DNA testing to prove paternity. Once it is established, the judge will issue an official order of paternity and the father's name will be added to the child's birth certificate.