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If the genetic testing proves who the father is, the judge enters an order of paternity and the father's name is added to the birth certificate. After the court establishes paternity, it can make decisions about custody, visitation and where the child is going live.

The state registrar shall upon acknowledgment of paternity by the father and with consent of the mother pursuant to KRS 213.121, enter the father's name on the certificate. The surname of the child shall be any name chosen by the mother and father.

The Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity form shall accompany the birth certificate to the Office of Vital Statistics where the father's name will be added to the birth certificate. A copy of the Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity form will then be forwarded to the Division of Child Support Enforcement.

The law says that a parent who is not granted custody is entitled to reasonable visitation rights unless the judge finds (after a hearing) that visitation would seriously endanger the child's physical, mental, moral, or emotional health.

If all three parties (mother, husband and child's father) are willing, they may complete a Three-Way Paternity Affidavit (VS-8C). This form allows the husband to deny that he is the father of the child and then allows the mother and the child's biological father to acknowledge paternity.

When a child is born to unmarried parents in Kentucky, paternity must be established before the father has any rights to visitation or custody. However, if a man is listed on the child's birth certificate, the Court will then assume that that named individual is the child's biological father.