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Idaho Code § 7-1101 (2026)

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This act shall be known as the Paternity Act.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1975–2021 · leading case: Crain v. Crain, 662 P.2d 538 (Idaho 1983).
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Crain v. Crain, 662 P.2d 538 (Idaho 1983). · cites it 7× “2d 350 (1978), would clearly be relevant, since in both Comish and Isaacson, unwed mothers had brought paternity proceedings under the provisions of Idaho's Paternity Act, I.C. § 7-1101, et seq, to require that person, named by the mother and found by the court to be the father…”
Burch v. Hearn, 782 P.2d 1238 (Idaho 1989). · cites it 20× “§ 16-1513(3) was not applicable to this action which was filed under I.C. § 7-1101. Lori appealed the district court’s ruling to this Court.”
Isaacson v. Obendorf, 581 P.2d 350 (Idaho 1978). · cites it 2× “Isaacson filed suit in the District Court of the Third Judicial District, Canyon County, pursuant to the provisions of I.C. § 7-1101 et seq., known as the Paternity Act.”
Comish v. Smith, 540 P.2d 274 (Idaho 1975). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff-respondent filed suit in the Sixth District Court for Caribou County under the provisions of I.C. § 7-1101 et seq., known as the Paternity Act.”
Johnson v. Studley-Preston, 812 P.2d 1216 (Idaho 1991). · cites it 2× “2d 1238 (1989), also implicitly recognized that a putative father could bring a paternity action pursuant to the Idaho Paternity Act, I.C. § 7-1101 et seq. In Burch , the magistrate dismissed a putative father’s paternity action because the father had not first filed a notice of…”
In re Toelkes, 545 P.2d 1012 (Idaho 1976). · cites it 2× “Compare I.C. § 7-1101, et seq. The order of the district court is reversed and the cause remanded with directions to conduct a new hearing on said petition in conformance with the views expressed herein.”
Gatsby v. Gatsby, 495 P.3d 996 (Idaho 2021). · cites it 2× “Additionally, the legislature adopted the Paternity Act, Idaho Code section 7-1101, et seq., in 1969 to address various paternity issues.”
Gatsby v. Gatsby, 495 P.3d 996 (Idaho 2021). · cites it 2× “Additionally, the legislature adopted the Paternity Act, Idaho Code section 7-1101, et seq., in 1969 to address various paternity issues.”
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