Full question:
I live in Wyoming with my boyfriend. We have a baby together and my boyfriend has been performing all the responsibilities of a father. At present, our child is 4 years old. How can I establish the paternity in this scenario?
- Category: Paternity
- Date:
- State: Wyoming
Answer:
In Wyoming if a person lives with the child for the first two years of the child’s life and openly declares that the child is his own, then the law may presume that he is the father. The relevant statutory provision in this regard is stated below.Wyo. Stat. § 14-2-504 reads:
“(a) A man is presumed to be the father of a child if:
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(v) For the first two (2) years of the child's life, he resided in the same household with the child and openly held out the child as his own.”
In the given instance, paternity may be established on the basis that your boyfriend has stayed with you and the child for the first two years of the child’s life and has openly held out the child as his own.
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