Current through the 2023 Legislative Sessions
Section 14-20-63 - (705) Limitation on husband's dispute of paternity1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the husband of a wife who gives birth to a child by means of assisted reproduction may not challenge his paternity of the child unless: a. Within two years after learning of the birth of the child he commences a proceeding to adjudicate his paternity; andb. The court finds that he did not consent to the assisted reproduction, before or after birth of the child.2. A proceeding to adjudicate paternity may be maintained at any time if the court determines that: a. The husband did not provide sperm for, or before or after the birth of the child consent to, assisted reproduction by his wife;b. The husband and the mother of the child have not cohabited since the probable time of assisted reproduction; andc. The husband never openly held out the child as his own.3. The limitation provided in this section applies to a marriage declared invalid after assisted reproduction.