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Senators Campbell and Dudley moved the following
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SENATE AMENDMENT
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11 Senators Campbell and Dudley moved the following amendment:
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18 (b) The father of the minor, if:
19 1. The minor was conceived or born while the father
20 was married to the mother;.
21 2. The minor is his child by adoption;. or
22 3. The minor has been established by court proceeding
23 to be his child.
24 (c) If there is no father as set forth in subsection
25 (b), any man who the minor has been established to be his
26 child by scientific tests that are generally acceptable within
27 the scientific community to show a probability of paternity.
28 (d) If there is no father as set forth in subsections
29 (b) or (c), any man who:
30 1. Has acknowledged in writing, signed in the presence
31 of a competent witness, that he is the father of the minor and
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1 has filed such acknowledgment with the Office of Vital
2 Statistics of the Department of Health;.
3 2. Has provided the child with support in a
4 repetitive, customary manner;.
5 3. Has been identified by the birth mother as a person
6 she has reason to believe may be the father of the minor in an
7 action to declare the minor available for adoption pursuant to
8 this chapter; or
9 4. Is a party in any pending proceeding in which
10 paternity, custody, or termination of parental rights
11 regarding the minor is at issue.
12 (e)(c) The minor, if more than 12 years of age, unless
13 the court in the best interest of the minor dispenses with the
14 minor's consent.
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