§ 302 - Standing; limitation
§ 302. Standing; limitation
(a) An action to establish parentage in cases where parentage has not been previously determined either by an action under this subchapter or by adoption, may be brought by a child who has attained the age of majority; the personal representative of a minor child, a person alleged or alleging himself or herself to be the natural parent of a child or that person's personal representative if he or she is a minor, incompetent, or has died; or the office of child support when an assignment of the right to support is in effect pursuant to section 3902 of Title 33 or when a parent has applied for IV-D services.
(b) An action to establish parentage may be brought at any time after birth, but shall not be brought later than three years after the child reaches the age of majority. (Added 1983, No. 231 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 14, 1984; amended 1997, No. 63, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.)