Source: http://www.dna-testing-paternity.com/paternity-laws/maryland-state-paternity-laws
Timestamp: 2017-05-25 10:29:50
Document Index: 529221610

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 1', 'art. 93', '§ 1', '§ 2', 'art. 93', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', 'art. 93', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 5', 'art. 16', '§ 27', '§ 2']

Maryland State Paternity Laws
« Iowa State Paternity Laws
Michigan State Paternity Laws »
posted by DNA Identifiers @ 9:09 AM	Monday, June 22, 2009	The below information is a general guide to Maryland State Paternity Laws. Please conduct further research on your state laws for current or updated information or contact a family attorney for professional legal advice. For information on state collection locations, click here.
Link: Maryland Affidavit of Paternity
Link: Maryland Affidavit of Paternity Instructions
Required Probability of Paternity for Maryland Courts: 97.3%
Current Maryland Paternity Law: Title 1- Estates of Decendents § 1-206. Legitimate child.
(a) Marriage of parents.- A child born or conceived during a marriage is presumed to be the legitimate child of both spouses. Except as provided in § 1-207, a child born at any time after his parents have participated in a marriage ceremony with each other, even if the marriage is invalid, is presumed to be the legitimate child of both parents.
(b) Artificial insemination.- A child conceived by artificial insemination of a married woman with the consent of her husband is the legitimate child of both of them for all purposes. Consent of the husband is presumed.
[An. Code 1957, art. 93, § 1-206; 1974, ch. 11, § 2.]
(a) Child of his mother.- A child born to parents who have not participated in a marriage ceremony with each other shall be considered to be the child of his mother.
(b) Child of his father.- A child born to parents who have not participated in a marriage ceremony with each other shall be considered to be the child of his father only if the father:
[An. Code 1957, art. 93, § 1-208; 1974, ch. 11, § 2; 1996, ch. 10, § 1.]
§ 1-209. Issue.
(a) In construing all provisions of the estates of decedents law and, unless a contrary intention is indicated, in construing the terms of a will, issue means every living lineal descendant except a lineal descendant of a living lineal descendant.
(b) A person who is treated as a child of a person pursuant to §§ 1-205 through 1-208 shall be considered for all purposes as:
[An. Code 1957, art. 93, § 1-209; 1974, ch. 11, § 2; 1980, ch. 117.]
§ 5-202. Child of void marriage.
When a criminal or equity court of this State annuls a marriage, or when an equity court of this State decrees an absolute divorce for a reason that makes the marriage void ab initio, the court in the decree shall declare each child of the marriage to be a legitimate child of the parties to the marriage.
[An. Code 1957, art. 16, § 27; 1984, ch. 296, § 2.]
Link: Maryland Title 1
Link: Maryland Title 5
on Monday, June 22nd, 2009 at 9:09 am	and is filed under Paternity Laws.