Committee clears technical Boyd-Graves paternity fixes

Jan 28, 2026

A Boyd-Graves technical bill to clarify which statutory procedures apply to paternity determinations was amended and reported; witnesses discussed administrative versus judicial processes but expressed general support for the limited technical corrections.

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Delegate Hope presented a Boyd-Graves conference bill to clarify that the Title 20 procedures for establishing paternity apply only to proceedings under Title 20 and to improve cross-references to avoid unintended application of one section’s procedures to another title. The measure was described as modest and technical, not altering the substance of how paternity is established in other titles.

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