Fam. Code, § 7573 · Chapter 3. Establishment of Parentage by Voluntary Declaration
Fam. Code, § 7573
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The following persons may sign a voluntary declaration of parentage to establish the parentage of the child:
(1) An unmarried woman who gave birth to the child and another person who is a genetic parent.
(2) A married or unmarried woman who gave birth to the child and another person who is a parent under Section 7613 of a child conceived through assisted reproduction.
(b) A voluntary declaration of parentage shall be in a record signed by the woman who gave birth to the child and by either the only possible genetic parent other than the woman who gave birth or the intended parent of a child conceived through assisted reproduction, and the signatures shall be attested by a notary or witnessed.
(c) Except as provided by Section 7580, a voluntary declaration of parentage takes effect on the filing of the document with the Department of Child Support Services.
(d) Except as provided in Sections 7573.5, 7575, 7576, 7577, and 7580, a completed voluntary declaration of parentage that complies with this chapter and that has been filed with the Department of Child Support Services is equivalent to a judgment of parentage of the child and confers on the declarant all rights and duties of a parent.
(e) The court shall give full faith and credit to a voluntary declaration of parentage effective in another state if the declaration was in a signed record and otherwise complies with the law of the other state.
(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed and added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 876, Sec. 33. (AB 2684) Effective January 1, 2019. Section operative January 1, 2020, by its own provisions.
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Family Code
- Fam. Code, § 7573.5Printed as Sections 7573.5, 7575, 7576, 7577, and 7580
- Fam. Code, § 7575Printed as Sections 7573.5, 7575, 7576, 7577, and 7580
- Fam. Code, § 7576Printed as Sections 7573.5, 7575, 7576, 7577, and 7580
- Fam. Code, § 7577Printed as Sections 7573.5, 7575, 7576, 7577, and 7580
- Fam. Code, § 7580Printed as Section 7580 | Sections 7573.5, 7575, 7576, 7577, and 7580
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