No, a minor (under 18) with no living parents would be taken into the foster system by the state if no guardian was named in the mother's will.
Not yet, but working on it. see profile
Is he the father?
yes she can
yes
The mother can sign her name, not the father's name.
The father can file for this change.
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It depends on the state. In some states, a father who is unmarried to the mother acquires legal rights by signing the birth certificate. In other states, signing the birth certificate conveys no legal right, and the father still must proceed with a legitimation or paternity proceeding in order to become the legal father.
no, changing the birth certificate requires adoption, and can only be done if the birth father's parental rights have been terminated.
The father's name goes on the birth certificate only if he signs an acknowledgment of paternity.
Yes, if he is the one who fathered the child. Father's do not typically sign the birth certificate though, although he can be named on it.
Here in the Philippines, a mother can not just name any person as the father of her child in the Birth Certificate. They will look for a marriage contract as their reference when you named your child under his/her father's surname. Or if not married, they let the father fill up the Affidavit of Acknowledgement/Admission of Paternity at the back of the Birth Certificate.