Section 519. Effect of death, absence or mental illness of putative father


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  • If, at any time before or after a petition if filed, the putative father
      dies, or becomes mentally ill or  cannot  be  found  within  the  state,
      neither  the  proceeding  nor the right to commence the proceeding shall
      necessarily abate but may be  commenced  or  continued  by  any  of  the
      persons  authorized  by  this article to commence a paternity proceeding
      where:
        (a)  the  putative  father  was  the  petitioner  in   the   paternity
      proceeding; or,
        (b)  the  putative  father acknowledged paternity of the child in open
      court; or,
        (c) a genetic marker or DNA test had been administered to the putative
      father prior to his death; or,
        (d) the putative father has openly and  notoriously  acknowledged  the
      child as his own.