Recognizes the importance of having both a child's mother and father be a part of decisions made about a child's future.

Recognizes that many children are born out of wedlock, which demonstrates a need for an effective process to keep track of claims of paternity for these children.

Finds that the uniform parentage act of 2002 includes the creation of a paternity registry for men who wish to be notified of proceedings involving young children that they may have fathered.

Finds that the creation of a paternity registry will assist in both protecting a putative father's rights in a termination of parental rights proceeding and in facilitating infant adoptions in the state.