- (a) The Office of Child Support Enforcement will offer both parents the opportunity to establish paternity by completing the acknowledgment of paternity (AOP).
- (b) If both parties complete the AOP, paternity is legally established and the office will take no other action to establish paternity.
(c) Rescinding the acknowledgment of paternity.
- (1) Either person who signed the AOP may rescind the document within the earlier of sixty (60) calendar days from the date of signing and prior to the date that an administrative or judicial proceeding, including a proceeding to establish a support order, is held relating to the child and the person executing the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity.
(2)
- (A) The office does not have the authority to assist the acknowledged father in rescinding the acknowledgment of paternity.
- (B) Forms for this purpose are available from the Department of Health, Division of Vital Records.