SF 1024

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to paternity; changing time limits for 
  1.3             bringing certain actions; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.4             1994, section 257.57, subdivision 2. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 257.57, 
  1.7   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subd. 2.  The child, the mother, or personal representative 
  1.9   of the child, the public authority chargeable by law with the 
  1.10  support of the child, the personal representative or a parent of 
  1.11  the mother if the mother has died or is a minor, a man alleged 
  1.12  or alleging himself to be the father, or the personal 
  1.13  representative or a parent of the alleged father if the alleged 
  1.14  father has died or is a minor may bring an action: 
  1.15     (1) at any time for the purpose of declaring the existence 
  1.16  of the father and child relationship presumed under section 
  1.17  257.55, subdivision 1, paragraph (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h), or 
  1.18  the nonexistence of the father and child relationship presumed 
  1.19  under clause (d) of that subdivision; 
  1.20     (2) for the purpose of declaring the nonexistence of the 
  1.21  father and child relationship presumed under section 257.55, 
  1.22  subdivision 1, paragraph (e) or (g), only if the action is 
  1.23  brought within three two years after the date of the execution 
  1.24  of the declaration or recognition of parentage person bringing 
  1.25  the action has reason to believe that the presumed father is not 
  2.1   the father of the child; or 
  2.2      (3) for the purpose of declaring the nonexistence of the 
  2.3   father and child relationship presumed under section 257.55, 
  2.4   subdivision 1, paragraph (f), only if the action is brought 
  2.5   within three years after the party bringing the action, or the 
  2.6   party's attorney of record, has been provided the blood test 
  2.7   results.