[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 32, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 32CFR81.1] [Page 480-481] TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PART 81_PATERNITY CLAIMS AND ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES--Table of Contents Sec. 81.1 Reissuance and purpose. Sec. 81.1 Reissuance and purpose. 81.2 Applicability. 81.3 Policy. Authority: Sec. 301, 80 Stat. 379; (5 U.S.C. 301). Source: 43 FR 15149, Apr. 11, 1978, unless otherwise noted. This part reissued DoD Directive 1344.3, ``Paternity Claims and Adoption Proceedings Involving Members and Former Members of the Armed Forces,'' to standardize procedures for the handling of: (a) Paternity claims against members and former members of the Armed Forces, and (b) Requests from civilian courts concerning the availability of members and former members of the Armed [[Page 481]] Forces to appear at an adoption hearing where it is alleged that such member is the father of an illegitimate child.