Paternity

In Nevada, paternity may be established in a legal action brought by natural person, or by the State. As a result of legislation mandated by the Federal government in 1996, paternity may be established by the mother and father executing an affidavit for the acknowledgment of paternity, which is often made available and signed at the hospital when a child is born. Sixty days after it is signed, an acknowledgment is “deemed to have the same effect as a judgment or order of a court.”