Oregon Revised Statute(ORS)109.070. Establishment of paternity
(1) The paternity of a person may be established as follows:
(a) A child born in wedlock, there being no judgment of separation from bed or board, is presumed to be the child of the mother's husband, whether or not the marriage of the husband and wife may be void. This is a disputable presumption.
(b) By the marriage of the parents of a child after birth of the child.
(c) By filiation proceedings.
(d) By filing with the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form as provided for by ORS 432.287. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) to (4) of this section, this filing establishes paternity for all purposes.
(e) By having established paternity through a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity process in another state.
(f) By paternity being established or declared by other provision of law.
(2) A party to a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity may rescind the acknowledgment within the earlier of:
(a) Sixty days after filing the acknowledgment; or
(b) The date of a proceeding relating to the child, including a proceeding to establish a support order, in which the party wishing to rescind the acknowledgment is also a party. For the purposes of this paragraph, the date of a proceeding is the date on which an order is entered in the proceeding.
(3)(a) A signed voluntary acknowledgment of paternity filed in this state may be challenged in circuit court:
(A) After the 60-day period in a proceeding under section 9, chapter 160, Oregon Laws 2005.
(B) At any time after the 60-day period on the basis of fraud, duress or a material mistake of fact by:
(i) A party to the acknowledgment;
(ii) The child named in the acknowledgment; or
(iii) The Department of Human Services or the administrator, as defined in ORS 25.010, if the child named in the acknowledgment is in the care and custody of the department under ORS chapter 419B and the department or the administrator reasonably believes that the acknowledgment was obtained through fraud, duress or a material mistake of fact.
(C) Within one year after the acknowledgment has been filed. Subsection (4) of this section applies to a challenge under this subparagraph. A challenge to the acknowledgment is not allowed more than one year after the acknowledgment has been filed, unless the provisions of subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph apply.
(b) Legal responsibilities arising from the acknowledgment, including child support obligations, may not be suspended during the challenge, except for good cause.
(c) The party challenging an acknowledgment under this subsection has the burden of proof.
(4)(a) Within one year after a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity form is filed in this state, a party to the acknowledgment, the child named in the acknowledgment or the state, if child support enforcement services are being provided under ORS 25.080, may apply to the court or to the administrator, as defined in ORS 25.010, for an order requiring that the mother, the child and the male party submit to blood tests as provided in ORS 109.250 to 109.262.
(b) If the results of the tests performed under paragraph (a) of this subsection exclude the male party as a possible father of the child, or if the court determines under subsection (3) of this section that the male party is not the father of the child, a party to the challenge may apply to the court for a judgment of nonpaternity. The party that applied for the judgment shall send a certified true copy of the judgment to the State Registrar of the Center for Health Statistics and to the Department of Justice as the state disbursement unit. Upon receipt of a judgment of nonpaternity, the state registrar shall correct any records maintained by the state registrar that indicate that the male party is the parent of the child.
(c) Child support payments made before entry of a judgment of nonpaternity may not be returned to the payer.
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Oregon Revised Statute(ORS)109.094. Rights of father after paternity established
Upon the paternity of a child being established in the proceedings, the father shall have the same rights as a father who is or was married to the mother of the child. The clerk of the court shall certify the fact of paternity to the Center for Health Statistics of the Department of Human Service