In re M.P. CA3
Appellant T.P., an alleged father of the minor M.P., appeals from the juvenile court’s orders denying him presumed father status. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 395.) He contends the juvenile court erred in rescinding the voluntary declaration of paternity he signed after the minor’s birth and in setting aside the subsequent paternity judgment entered by a family law court. He also contends that, even without the voluntary declaration of paternity and paternity judgment in place, he qualified as, and should have been declared, the minor’s presumed father. We conclude the juvenile court did not err in exercising its equitable powers to rescind the voluntary declaration of paternity and set aside the paternity judgment. Further, the juvenile court did not err in resolving the competing presumptions of parentage and determining T.B., the biological father, is the minor’s sole presumed father. Accordingly, we shall affirm the juvenile court’s orders.
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