(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) a proceeding to adjudicate the parentage of a child having no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father may be commenced at any time, even after:
- (1) the child becomes an adult, but only if the child initiates the proceeding; or
- (2) an earlier proceeding to adjudicate paternity has been dismissed based on the application of a statute of limitation then in effect.
- (b) An action to determine paternity for the purposes of obtaining support shall not be brought after the child obtains age 19, unless otherwise provided by law.
(Act 2008-376, p. 666, §2.)