Acknowledgement of paternity; certain rebuttable presumptions relating to the best interest of a child, created

Summary

The bill treats a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity as a legal finding of fatherhood and creates default assumptions that joint custody and equal decision‑making are in the child’s best interest. It applies to custody, visitation, and support cases, with exceptions for domestic or family violence, and prevents a parent from moving the child out of state without the other parent’s consent or a court order. The measure aims to promote shared parenting while allowing courts to override the presumption when evidence shows it’s not appropriate.

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