Yes, you do. You fathered the child and now you need to pay for what you did. Accept the responsibility.
Yes, unless you have proved to the court that you are not biologically the father.
no, changing the birth certificate requires adoption, and can only be done if the birth father's parental rights have been terminated.
Your spouse may adopt the child but the court will have to serve notice of that proceeding to the biological father.
Yes , the biological father will be held legally responsible for the support of his child .
No. However, if the alleged father has signed the birth certificate, he is acknowledging that the child is his. There are steps to take in order to be taken off of the birth certificate and relieved of the obligation of child support, including a paternity test and an amendment to the birth certificate.
He has the right to petition the courts for a determination of paternity and, if he is the father, the right to pay child support and petition for visitation.
Depends on the state
No, the father on the birth certificate is financially responsible unless proven that he's not the father by DNA. About 12 years ago in the state of NJ The court ordered me to pay child support to the biological father (Dna test showed I was not the biological father) The court called me the psychological father so in the courts opinion I was her father. And like the biological Mother he also drank it away.
He would have all of the rights that a biological father has. If he was not the biological father, then his name should not have been put on the birth certificate in the first place, unless he adopted her and the birth certificate was changed.
Oh yeah. The biological father and mother are put on the certificate.
The birth certificate can only have one father and only the biological father is allowed to be on it. And only he can sign it. A step parent have no legal right to the child.
Except in an adoption, there is no such person as a "non biological father." The only man who should be signing a birth certificate is the child's biological father. Any other man who signs it is making an illegal statement.
If he can prove that he is the biological father of the child, he can seek custody or visitation rights, regardless of whether or not he is on the birth certificate or paying child support. In fact, if he is the biological father he can legally have his name added to the birth certificate. However, if he has not been around for 16 years, it is unlikely that a judge will grant anything more than visitation rights, and the child is old enough to have a say in whether or not they want visits from their father.
Not if approved by the court. see link
No. It is not legal nor appropriate for anyone who is not the biological father to sign as such on the child's birth certificate. A birth record is a legal record and to purposely report false information is fraud.No. It is not legal nor appropriate for anyone who is not the biological father to sign as such on the child's birth certificate. A birth record is a legal record and to purposely report false information is fraud.No. It is not legal nor appropriate for anyone who is not the biological father to sign as such on the child's birth certificate. A birth record is a legal record and to purposely report false information is fraud.No. It is not legal nor appropriate for anyone who is not the biological father to sign as such on the child's birth certificate. A birth record is a legal record and to purposely report false information is fraud.
no, changing the birth certificate requires adoption, and can only be done if the birth father's parental rights have been terminated.
Too many people involved. Leave the birth certificate as it is. Let the biological father continue to pay child support. If the current man marries you and wishes to adopt the child, then that is another matter. Seek legal advice before doing anything to change the birth certificate. No. This would be fraud unless the child is adopted by your boyfriend.
A child's biological father can have his name added to a child's birth certificate regardless of whether or not the mother agrees to it. If the biological father voluntarily relinquishes his parental rights and the child is legally adopted by another man, his name can be added to the birth certificate in place of the biological father.