[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 32, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2008] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 32CFR81.1] [Page 435] 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 Forces to appear at an adoption hearing where it is alleged that such member is the father of an illegitimate child.