1. (a) An acknowledgment of paternity must:

   1. (1) be in a record filed with the Alabama Office of Vital Statistics;
   2. (2) be signed, and notarized, under penalty of perjury by the mother and by the man seeking to establish his paternity;

   3. (3) state that the child whose paternity is being acknowledged:

      1. (A) does not have a presumed father or the man executing the acknowledgment is the presumed father; and
      2. (B) does not have another acknowledged or adjudicated father;
   4. (4) state whether there has been genetic testing and, if so, that the acknowledging man’s claim of paternity is consistent with the results of the testing; and
   5. (5) state that the signatories understand that the acknowledgment shall be considered a legal finding of paternity of the child and that a challenge to the acknowledgment is permitted only as provided in this chapter.
2. (b) A presumed father may sign an acknowledgment of paternity which must be notarized.

(Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)