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    Acknowledgment of parentage
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    SECTION 517

    Time for instituting proceedings

    Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 5, PART 1

    § 517. Time for instituting proceedings. Proceedings to establish the
    paternity of a child may be instituted during the pregnancy of the
    mother or after the birth of the child, but shall not be brought after
    the child reaches the age of twenty-one years, unless paternity has been
    acknowledged by the father in writing or by furnishing support.