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If your name is on the birth certificate are you the legal father?
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∙ 14y ago
No he is then the father of the child but in order to get rights he has to go to court and prove paternity first in order to get visitation, custody and pay child support. If married to the mother when the child is born, he is automatically considered the father and have rights.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoNo. A Paternity Test determines whether a particular man could be the biological father of a particular child.
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Can you put his name on the birth certificate if he cant sign the birth certificate?
Putting a father's name on the birth certificate does not make him legally the father if you are not married to him. You can put his name on the birth certificate, but realize that it has no legal impact. In order to have paternity established, it has to be done with a court order.
If a fathers name is listed on the birth certificate does that make him a legal guardian?
If a father's name is on the birth certificate that does not make him a legal guardian, it makes him a father. The two are technically different. In this state a father can have guardianship without establishing it. A father can be forced to pay child support while a guardian can not.
Can you put the fathers name on the birth certificate even if he does not have his divorce yet is it legal in South Carolina?
The father's name should be entered into the birth records.
Does Father payments if name not on birth certificate?
It is possible to legally establish paternity even if the father's name is not on the birth certificate.
Im not divorced and your ex husband is not the father of the child whos name can go on the birth certificate?
The name of the actual father of the child should go on the birth certificate. If you are not legally divorced, then your legal husband would be automatically considered to be the child's father by law. If the child has a different father, he can complete a voluntary acknowledgement of the paternity of a child, in which he signs that he is the child's father and is therefore put on the birth certificate and named as the legal father. The hospital will help with this after the baby is born.
Should I put the babies father's last name on birth certificate?
No, you should not but the baby's father's last name on the birth certificate. Also, it is better to put your last name anyways because of legal matters, social relations, and less questions will have to be answered in the future. Although the child does not need to have its father's last name the father's full name should be stated on the birth certificate so the father will be identified in the vital records.
Which name is a persons legal name birth certificate or social security my husband has only first and last name on birth certificate but his moms maiden name is on social security card as his middle?
The one on the birth certificate is the legal name.
How can a take off a father's name on a birth certificate if the father an illegal alien?
You can't remove a father's name from a birth certificate if he is the father, whether he's an illegal alien or not.
Do you have to put a father on the birth certificate if he is a registered gang member?
The father have a legal right to put his name there if he chooses to, even with a criminal record. You can not sign it for him.
Do you need a father on the birth certificate to get assistance?
No you do not. Many states actually do not put the father on the Birth Certificate unless specifically asked to. You may however, in the process of getting assistance be required to name who the father is. This is so the state can start legal proceedings against him for child support.
Does the father have to be present to have his name on the birth certificate in 1971?
In Illinois in 1971, the mother of the child could put anyone's name on the birth certificate as the father. In this connection, the critical document is the acknowledgment of paternity, which is now required to add a man's name to the birth certificate.
Can you legally put someone who is not the father on the birth certificate it the fathers been absent sense birth in Michigan?
No. The birth certificate should show the name of the natural father or the name should be left off the certificate. If you put a name on the certificate and you know that person not to be the father, then you have falsified a public record and in any country in the world, that is a crime.
