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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78624</law_id><section_number>64.2-103</section_number><catch_line>Evidence of paternity</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-286</reference><reference>64.2-102</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Definitions and General Provisions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> For the purposes of this title, paternity of a child born out of wedlock shall be established by clear and convincing <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>, and such <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> may include the following: <a id="paragraph-281738" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-103/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> That he cohabited openly with the mother during all of the 10 months immediately prior to the time the child was born; <a id="paragraph-281739" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-103/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> That he gave consent to a physician or other person, not including the mother, charged with the responsibility of securing information for the preparation of a birth record that his name be used as the father of the child upon the birth record of the child; <a id="paragraph-281740" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-103/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> That he allowed by a general course of conduct the common use of his surname by the child; <a id="paragraph-281741" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-103/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> That he claimed the child as his child on any statement, tax return, or other document filed and signed by him with any local, state, or federal government or any agency thereof; <a id="paragraph-281742" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-103/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> That he admitted before any <span class="dictionary">court</span> having <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> to determine his paternity that he is the father of the child; <a id="paragraph-281743" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-103/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> That he voluntarily admitted paternity in writing under <span class="dictionary">oath</span>; <a id="paragraph-281744" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-103/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> The results of scientifically reliable genetic tests, including DNA tests, weighted with all the <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>; or <a id="paragraph-281745" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-103/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Other medical, scientific, or anthropological <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> relating to the alleged parentage of the child based on tests performed by experts. <a id="paragraph-281746" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-103/#A8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> establishing a father&#x2019;s paternity made by a <span class="dictionary">court</span> having <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> to determine his paternity is sufficient <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of paternity for the purposes of this section. <a id="paragraph-281747" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-103/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1978, c. 647, &#xA7; 64.1-5.2; 1989, c. 466; 1991, c. 479; 1999, c. 781; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
