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No further court action is required to establish the paternity of the child. No additional evidence of paternity is required for child support and medical support payments to be ordered. The custody rights of the parents are specified in the Paternity Affidavit unless determined otherwise by a court. (See Custody.)

A paternity affidavit may be completed at the hospital within 72 hours of the child's birth or at your local health department any time before the child is emancipated. If paternity is established by paternity affidavit, the Department of Health will add the father's name to the child's birth certificate.

If a man has not first established paternity, they have no legal rights, including visitation or custody. But if an unmarried father has gone through the process of establishing paternity, they will accept the rights and responsibilities that come with being a father.

IC 31-14-7-1 is entitled ?Presumptions; child's biological father? and gives the separate circumstances under which ?a man is presumed to be a child's biological father? as: (1) the child was born during a marriage between the man and the child's biological mother, or no later than three hundred (300) days after its ...

When Should I File A Paternity Case? Generally, it must be filed within two years of the child's birth. There are some exceptions. For example, a child can file the case up until the child's 20th birthday.

If a man has not first established paternity, they have no legal rights, including visitation or custody. But if an unmarried father has gone through the process of establishing paternity, they will accept the rights and responsibilities that come with being a father.