PATERNITY

See also ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD SUPPORT; CHILDREN; CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK

Acknowledgments, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.55

Appeals, free transcripts, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.69

Birth and death records, see BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS

Blood tests

Additional tests, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.62

Admissible evidence, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.62

Costs, payment, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.69, 257.75

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.55

Independent tests, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.62

Negative test results, nonexistence of father-child relationship, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.57

Orders, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.75

Positive test results, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.62

Pretrial recommendation, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.64

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.62

Test results, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.62

Child support proceedings, parentage determinations, Minn. Statutes 2025 518C.316, 518C.401, 518C.402

Children, identity of alleged father, petitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.64

Declaration of parentage, effect, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.34

Desertion, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.31

Establishment of

Access to records, Minn. Statutes 2025 518A.83

Children in need of protection or services, Minn. Statutes 2025 260C.150

Federal incentives, Minn. Statutes 2025 518A.84

Leaving state to evade establishment, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.31

Medical assistance recipients, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.056

Minnesota family investment program (MFIP), Minn. Statutes 2025 142G.17

Public assistance recipients or applicants, Minn. Statutes 2025 518A.81

Public information and education programs, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.75

Evidence

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.63

Presumption, evidence required for rebuttal, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.55

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.70

Genetic tests

Children in need of protection or services, Minn. Statutes 2025 260C.150

Costs, payment, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.69, 257.75

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.62

Negative test results, nonexistence of father-child relationship, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.57

Orders, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.75

Pretrial recommendations, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.64

Hearings

Data, confidentiality, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.70

Nonappearance of father, effect, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.651

Judgments

Compromise agreements, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.64

Default judgments, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.651

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.66, 257.67

Modification or revocation, limitations, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.68

Unpaid child support, Minn. Statutes 2025 548.091

Jurisdiction

Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.59

Ramsey County family court, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 484.64

Lawsuits

After birth, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.57

Appeals, transcripts, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.69

Attorneys, rights to, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.69

Before birth, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.57

Civil procedures, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.65

Commencement following fathers' adoption registry notice, Minn. Statutes 2025 259.52

County attorneys, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.69, 393.11

Evidence, rebuttal of presumption, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.55

Existence of father-child relationship, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.55, 257.57

Joining with other suits, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.59

Jurisdiction, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.59, 484.64

Minor signatories, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.57

Nonexistence of father-child relationship, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.55, 257.57

Parties, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.57, 257.60

Presumption, rebuttal, evidence required, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.55

Pretrial proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.61

Service of process, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.57, 543.20

Statutes of limitations, exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.58

Testimony, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.63, 257.65

Time, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.57, 257.75

Venue, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.59

Who may bring, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.57

Lawsuits, settlements

Application of rules, Minn. Rules 9500.1650

Compromise agreement, Minn. Rules 9500.1655, 9500.1656

Definitions, Minn. Rules 9500.1655

Lump sum settlements

Contents, Minn. Rules 9500.1659

Defined, Minn. Rules 9500.1655

Documentation, Minn. Rules 9500.1660

Human Services Department, consent, Minn. Rules 9500.1657, 9500.1658, 9500.1661

Notice of disposition, Minn. Rules 9500.1663

Review process, Minn. Rules 9500.1662

Submission time, Minn. Rules 9500.1661

Notice requirements, final disposition, Minn. Rules 9500.1663

Orders, copy to Human Services Department, Minn. Rules 9500.1663

Parties, generally, Minn. Rules 9500.1658

Leaving the state to evade establishment of, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.31

Local social services agencies, duties, Minn. Rules 9555.9000 to 9555.9300

Orders

Alleged father, identity, confidentiality, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.64

Blood and genetic tests, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.75

Enforcement, generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.67

Nonappearance, effect, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.651

Recognition of parentage, effect, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.75

Parties to suits, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.69

Presumptions

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.55

Multiple recognitions of parentage, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.75

Rebuttal, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.55, 257.57

Recognition of parentage, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.55, 257.75

Pretrial hearings, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.64

Putative fathers, see under PARENTS

Ramsey County, family court, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 484.64

Recognition of parentage

Child custody proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2025 518.156

Children born out of wedlock, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.541

Data, access, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.225

Father's name, entering on birth certificate, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.215

Foreign states, effect, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.67

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.75

Minor parents, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.55, 257.57

Presumption of paternity, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.55, 257.75

Recognition of another man as biological father, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.55

Replacement birth records, issuance, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.218

Recognition of parentage, birth records, Minn. Rules 4601.0600

Records and record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.70

Statutes of limitations, father and child relationship, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.57