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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-1048" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Paternity Proceedings">
  <text>A finding of paternity established in any other state shall have the same force and effect in a proceeding under this subtitle as in any other civil proceeding in this State if:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>with respect to an adjudication of paternity, the finding was established by a court or by an administrative process that includes a right to appeal to a court; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>with respect to a finding of paternity that is based on an affidavit of parentage, the affidavit was signed after each signatory to the affidavit was advised of their legal rights.</text>
  </level>
</section>
