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CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC RELATIONS.

ARTICLE 23. VOLUNTARY ADOPTION REGISTRY.

§48-23-403. Registration by a birth father.

A birth father may register if:

(1) He was named as the father in the original sealed birth certificate;

(2) He legitimated or formally acknowledged the child as provided by law; or

(3) He signed a voluntary abandonment and release for the child's adoption as provided by law.

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