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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 722.1004.amended

  • Acknowledged parent: means an individual who has established a parent-child relationship under this act. See Michigan Laws 722.1002.amended
  • Acknowledgment: means an acknowledgment of parentage executed as provided in this act. See Michigan Laws 722.1002
  • Child: means a child conceived and born to a woman who was not married at the time of conception or the date of birth of the child, or a child that the circuit court determines was born or conceived during a marriage but is not the issue of that marriage. See Michigan Laws 722.1002
  • Court: means the circuit court. See Michigan Laws 722.1002
  • State registrar: means that term as defined in section 2805 of the public health code, Act No. See Michigan Laws 722.1002
    An acknowledgment that complies with this act and is filed with the state registrar establishes parentage and is the equivalent to an adjudication of parentage of the child and confers on the acknowledged parent all rights and duties of a parent, and the acknowledgment may be the basis for court ordered child support, custody, or parenting time without further adjudication under the paternity act, 1956 PA 205, MCL 722.711 to 722.730, or under the assisted reproduction and surrogacy parentage act. The child who is the subject of the acknowledgment bears the same relationship to the birth parent and the acknowledged parent as a child born or conceived during a marriage and has the identical status, rights, and duties of a child born in lawful wedlock effective from birth.