Only certain persons or parties have legal standing to bring a paternity action:
- the mother of the child
- the mother of an expected child
- a man alleging that he is the biological father of a child
- a man alleging that he is the biological father of an expected child
- the child
- a personal representative of the child
- the mother and father of a child (a voluntary action filed together)
- the mother and father of an expected child (a voluntary action filed together)
- a state social service agency, interceding in cases of child neglect or need
- a prosecutor’s office, interceding in cases of child neglect or need
