                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROCEEDINGS TO ESTABLISH PATERNITY OR ENFORCE SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS OF MALES
BETWEEN THE AGES OF FOURTEEN AND EIGHTEEN (§ 20-49.6)

In any proceeding to establish or enforce an obligation for support and
maintenance of a child of unwed parents, a male between the ages of fourteen and
eighteen who is represented by a guardian ad litem pursuant to § 8.01-9 and who
has not otherwise been emancipated shall not be deemed to be under a disability
as provided in § 8.01-2. The court may enter an order establishing the
paternity of the child based upon an admission of paternity by such male made
under oath before the court or upon such other evidence as may be sufficient in
law to support a finding of paternity. The order may provide for support and
maintenance of the child by the father and shall be enforceable as if the father
were an adult.

HISTORY: 1988, cc. 866, 878.