Michigan Adoption Laws, Page 5

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Putative Fathers

Does State have a Putative Father Registry:

No

Registry/Paternity Requirements to Receive Notice

• The putative father must file, under oath, a verified notice before the child's birth.
  
• The putative father must complete a Department of Public Health form.
  
• The birth mother may file an ex parte petition that requests the court to notify the putative father about his rights to file a notice to claim paternity.
  
  
  

  

Information Contained in Registry/Claim

Statute: § 710.33(1)

• Name and address of the putative father and the birth mother

Revocation of Claim to Paternity

Not addressed in statutes reviewed

Access to Information Maintained in Registry

Statute: § 710.33(1)

• Sent to the birth mother

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