1.    The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:

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a.    The woman’s having given birth to the child; b.    An adjudication of the woman’s maternity; or c.    Adoption of the child by the woman.

2.    The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:

a.    An unrebutted presumption of the man’s paternity of the child under section 14-20-10; b.    An effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man under sections 14-20-11 through 14-20-24, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or successfully challenged; c.    An adjudication of the man’s paternity; d.    Adoption of the child by the man; or

e.    The man’s having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman under section 14-20-59 through 14-20-65 which resulted in the birth of the child.