Establishing parentage.

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(a) The person having given birth to the child;

(b) An unrebutted presumption of parentage under ORS 109.070;

(c) An adjudication of the person’s maternity or paternity;

(d) Adoption of the child by the person;

(e) An effective acknowledgement of paternity by the man under ORS 109.070 or pursuant to the laws of another state, unless the acknowledgement has been rescinded or successfully challenged;

(f) Establishment of paternity by an administrative order issued pursuant to ORS 25.501 to 25.556;

(g) Filiation proceedings; or

(h) Parentage being established or declared by another provision of law.

(2) A person is the mother of a child to whom the person gives birth. [2017 c.651 §2; 2019 c.13 §28]

Note: 109.065 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 109 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.


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