Uniform Putative and Unknown Fathers Act. A 1988 model statute aimed at codifying Supreme Court decisions on the rights of an unwed father in relation to his child. • The Act deals primarily with an unwed father’s right to notice of a termination and adoption proceeding, to adjudication of paternity, to visitation, and to custody. […]
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Family law. A spouse who believes in good faith that his or her invalid marriage is legally valid. See putative marriage under MARRIAGE (1). [Cases: Marriage 54. C.J.S. Marriage §§ 43–44.]
putative-father registry. Family law. An official roster in which an unwed father may claim possible paternity of a child for purposes of receiving notice of a prospective adoption of the child.
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Model Putative Fathers Act. See UNIFORM PUTATIVE AND UNKNOWN FATHERS ACT.
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spouse. One’s husband or wife by lawful marriage; a married person. [Cases: Husband and Wife 1.] innocent spouse. Tax. A spouse who may be relieved of liability for taxes on income that the other spouse did not include on a joint tax return. • The innocent spouse must prove that the other spouse omitted the