Section 7611 Of Chapter 2. Establishing Parent And Child Relationship From California Family Law Code >> Division 12. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2.
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. A person is presumed to be the natural parent of a child if
the person meets the conditions provided in Chapter 1 (commencing
with Section 7540) or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 7570) of
Part 2 or in any of the following subdivisions:
(a) The presumed parent and the child's natural mother are or have
been married to each other and the child is born during the
marriage, or within 300 days after the marriage is terminated by
death, annulment, declaration of invalidity, or divorce, or after a
judgment of separation is entered by a court.
(b) Before the child's birth, the presumed parent and the child's
natural mother have attempted to marry each other by a marriage
solemnized in apparent compliance with law, although the attempted
marriage is or could be declared invalid, and either of the following
is true:
(1) If the attempted marriage could be declared invalid only by a
court, the child is born during the attempted marriage, or within 300
days after its termination by death, annulment, declaration of
invalidity, or divorce.
(2) If the attempted marriage is invalid without a court order,
the child is born within 300 days after the termination of
cohabitation.
(c) After the child's birth, the presumed parent and the child's
natural mother have married, or attempted to marry, each other by a
marriage solemnized in apparent compliance with law, although the
attempted marriage is or could be declared invalid, and either of the
following is true:
(1) With his or her consent, the presumed parent is named as the
child's parent on the child's birth certificate.
(2) The presumed parent is obligated to support the child under a
written voluntary promise or by court order.
(d) The presumed parent receives the child into his or her home
and openly holds out the child as his or her natural child.
(e) If the child was born and resides in a nation with which the
United States engages in an Orderly Departure Program or successor
program, he acknowledges that he is the child's father in a
declaration under penalty of perjury, as specified in Section 2015.5
of the Code of Civil Procedure. This subdivision shall remain in
effect only until January 1, 1997, and on that date shall become
inoperative.
(f) The child is in utero after the death of the decedent and the
conditions set forth in Section 249.5 of the Probate Code are
satisfied.