N.D. Cent. Code § 14-20-07
14-20-07. (201) Establishment of parent-child relationship
14-20-07. (201) Establishment of parent-child relationship
1. The mother-child relationship is established between a woman and a child by:
a. The woman's having given birth to the child;
b. An adjudication of the woman's maternity; or
c. Adoption of the child by the woman.
2. The father-child relationship is established between a man and a child by:
a. An unrebutted presumption of the man's paternity of the child under section
14-20-10;
b. An effective acknowledgment of paternity by the man under sections 14-20-11
through 14-20-24, unless the acknowledgment has been rescinded or
successfully challenged;
c. An adjudication of the man's paternity;
d. Adoption of the child by the man; or
e. The man's having consented to assisted reproduction by a woman under sections
14-20-59 through 14-20-65 which resulted in the birth of the child.