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A putative father is a man whose legal relationship to a child has not been established, but claims to be the father or who is alleged to be the father of a child who is born to a woman to whom he is not married at the time of the child's birth.

Biological fathers do not automatically receive the same rights and responsibilities as presumed parents. California courts prioritize actions over genetics. If a couple has raised a child as their own, a biological father cannot supersede either presumed parent's right to continue raising that child.

State putative father registries are intended to protect the non marital father from fraud by providing him with legal notice of a planned adoption of a child, provided he registers within a limited time-frame, usually any time prior to the birth or from 1 to 31 days after a birth.

A father has a legal right to legitimate his child. However, a father's right to a legitimation is subject to objection made by the child's mother. If the mother shows valid reasons why the petition to legitimate should not be granted, a judge may deny it.

In the United States of America, the putative father registry is a state level legal option for unmarried men to document through a notary public any woman they engage with in intercourse, for the purpose of retaining parental rights for any child they may father.

A putative father is a man whose legal relationship to a child has not been established, but claims to be the father or who is alleged to be the father of a child who is born to a woman to whom he is not married at the time of the child's birth.

"Putative father" means a person who is the alleged biological father of a child but whose paternity has not been legally established. "Alleged father" means a person who is alleged to have engaged in sexual intercourse with a child's mother during a possible time of conception of the child.

The Putative Father Registry is a list of the names of men who have acknowledged paternity of a child by completing the Paternity Acknowledgment form or have indicated the possibility of paternity without acknowledging paternity of the child.