§ 516-a. Acknowledgment of parentage. (a) An acknowledgment of\nparentage executed pursuant to section one hundred eleven-k of the\nsocial services law or section four thousand one hundred thirty-five-b\nof the public health law shall establish the parentage of and liability\nfor the support of a child pursuant to this act. Such acknowledgment\nmust be reduced to writing and filed pursuant to section four thousand\none hundred thirty-five-b of the public health law with the registrar of\nthe district in which the birth occurred and in which the birth\ncertificate has been filed. No further judicial or administrative\nproceedings are required to ratify an unchallenged acknowledgment of\nparentage.\n (b) (i) Where a signatory to an acknowledgment of parentage executed\npursuant to section one hundred eleven-k of the social services law or\nsection four thousand one hundred thirty-five-b of the public health law\nhad attained the age of eighteen at the time of execution of the\nacknowledgment, the signatory may seek to rescind the acknowledgment by\nfiling a petition with the court to vacate the acknowledgment within the\nearlier of sixty days of the date of signing the acknowledgment or the\ndate of an administrative or a judicial proceeding (including, but not\nlimited to, a proceeding to establish a support order) relating to the\nchild in which the signatory is a party. For purposes of this section,\nthe "date of an administrative or a judicial proceeding" shall be the\ndate by which the respondent is required to answer the petition.\n (ii) Where a signatory to an acknowledgment of parentage executed\npursuant to section one hundred eleven-k of the social services law or\nsection four thousand one hundred thirty-five-b of the public health law\nhad not attained the age of eighteen at the time of execution of the\nacknowledgment, the signatory may seek to rescind the acknowledgment by\nfiling a petition with the court to vacate the acknowledgment anytime up\nto sixty days after the signatory's attaining the age of eighteen years\nor sixty days after the date on which the respondent is required to\nanswer a petition (including, but not limited to, a petition to\nestablish a support order) relating to the child in which the signatory\nis a party, whichever is earlier; provided, however, that the signatory\nmust have been advised at such proceeding of his or her right to file a\npetition to vacate the acknowledgment within sixty days of the date of\nsuch proceeding.\n (iii) Where a petition to vacate an acknowledgment of parentage has\nbeen filed in accordance with paragraph (i) or (ii) of this subdivision,\nthe court shall order genetic marker tests or DNA tests for the\ndetermination of the child's parentage. No such test shall be ordered,\nhowever, where the acknowledgment was signed by the intended parent of a\nchild born through assisted reproduction pursuant to subparagraph (ii)\nof paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section four thousand one hundred\nthirty-five-b of the public health law, or upon a written finding by the\ncourt that it is not in the best interests of the child on the basis of\nres judicata, equitable estoppel, or the presumption of legitimacy of a\nchild born to a married person. If the court determines, following the\ntest, that the person who signed the acknowledgment is the parent of the\nchild, the court shall make a finding of parentage and enter an order of\nparentage. If the court determines that the person who signed the\nacknowledgment is not the parent of the child, the acknowledgment shall\nbe vacated.\n (iv) After the expiration of the time limits set forth in paragraphs\n(i) and (ii) of this subdivision, any of the signatories to an\nacknowledgment of parentage may challenge the acknowledgment in court by\nalleging and proving fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact. If the\npetitioner proves to the court that the acknowledgment of parentage was\nsigned under fraud, duress, or due to
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