1. A. The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:

   1. 1. The woman’s having given birth to the child;
   2. 2. Adoption of the child by the woman; or
   3. 3. As otherwise provided by law.

2. B. The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:

   1. 1. An unrebutted presumption of the man’s paternity of the child under Section 8 of the Uniform Parentage Act;
   2. 2. An effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man under Article 3 of the Uniform Parentage Act, unless the acknowledgment has been timely rescinded or successfully challenged;
   3. 3. An adjudication of the man’s paternity;
   4. 4. Adoption of the child by the man; or
   5. 5. As otherwise provided by law.

Laws 2006, HB 2967, c. 116, § 5, eff. November 1, 2006.