If the minor is the biological mother of the infant she can. But, the person named as the father has the right to contest the matter and request a paternity test if he so chooses. If the couple are unmarried, and the father denies paternity, the court will require paternity to be established before any issues regarding the child (child support, custody, visitation, etc.) will be addressed.
Most states require the last name of one or the other parent. In some countries, unless otherwise specified the child's name defaults to the last name of the mother. In most countries the father's family name is the default.
You can give your baby any name you want, although the registrar may ask you if you really want that name!!
Regardless of age, the mother can never put the father's name on the birth certificate. The father must sign an acknowledgment of paternity to do this. The mother's age is irrelevant.
Absolutely not!! The hospital wouldn't allow it, anyway - the father must sign an acknowledgment of paternity to add his name to the birth certificate.
under birth certificate form
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.
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.
Yes, under Scottish law the time of birth is registered on the birth certificate.
To my knowledge, the term "illegitimate" isn't used on birth certificates any more.
Since the mother herself was born in Canada, the child is eligible for Canadian citizenship. You should contact the nearest Canadian embassy or consulate general to apply for a certificate of Canadian citizenship. In the meantime, the child still can enter to Canada using his/her American passport or birth certificate (birth certificate can be used instead of a passport only if he or she is under 15).
By court order, he can, if he's under a child support order.
In 49 states, she has sole custody until designated otherwise by a court under ALL POSSIBLE circumstances. see link
no, i haven't.
Yes, in most states changing a child's name is as simple as posting it in the courthouse (after signing applicable paperwork) for thirty days or so. Check with your vital records office or with the customer service number at your local courthouse for instructions. If her father did not sign the birth certificate, and if she is under 18 years old, his signature will not be required.
Request the document under the birthname, the name of the child.
Frequently in an adoption by two parents, a second birth certificate is issued with the adoptive mother's name is placed in the name for the mother. It has a reference mark. Only a person in the vital statistics office would be able to get to the original certificate.