CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Evidentiary Issues
......Paternity Cases
.........Jurisdiction
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Until dependency dismissed or terminated, or parental rights terminated, juvenile court with jurisdiction of dependency has exclusive jurisdiction over FC §7630 or FC §7631 action.

As W&IC §316.2 grants exclusive jurisdiction over paternity issues to juvenile ct. upon filing a dependency petition, later family ct. order naming man with whom mother lived at C's birth a presumed F, on which the juvenile ct. relied, was void.