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evidence submitted relative to the amendment, along with the registrar's analysis of the evidence, shall be maintained by the office of vital records. (g) If a form approved, as provided in 68-3-305(b), acknowledging the paternity of a child is signed by both parents of the child and is submitted to the office of vital records at any time after the original certificate is filed and prior to the child's nineteenth birthday, the legal surname of the father may be entered on the certificate as that of the child, and the father's name and other personal information may be shown on the certificate of birth in the manner prescribed by regulation; provided, that paternity is not already shown on the certificate of birth. The state registrar may mark the record as amended, but not on the portion to be disclosed pursuant to 68-3-205. Further, a legitimation by subsequent marriage of the individuals shown on the certificate as the father and mother shall not require a new certificate of birth and 68-3-310(3), 68-3-311 and 68-3-313shall not apply. (h) In the event a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity is rescinded and a new father is not named, the name and personal information of the originally named father shall be removed by blocking, and the child's surname shall be blocked and the legal surname of the mother at the time of the birth shall be entered as the surname of the child. In the event a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity is rescinded and a new father is named, the changes in the birth certificate shall be made in accordance with subsection (g). Acts 1977, ch. 128, 21; 1979, ch. 123, 1, 2; T.C.A., 53-423; Acts 1985, ch. 11, 1; 1994, ch. 988, 13; 1997, ch. 551, 39.