A. The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:
1. The woman’s having given birth to the child;
2. Adoption of the child by the woman; or
3. As otherwise provided by law.
B. The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:
1. An unrebutted presumption of the man’s paternity of the child under Section 8 of the Uniform Parentage Act;
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of paternity by the man under Article 3 of the Uniform Parentage Act, unless the acknowledgment has been timely rescinded or successfully challenged;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. An adjudication of the man’s paternity;
4. Adoption of the child by the man; or
5. As otherwise provided by law.
Added by Laws 2006, c. 116, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.