According the Alabama National Congress for Fathers & Children: YES, it gives the father the absolute right to pay child support and that's all.
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yes, but doing so will not terminate his support obligation, if any
Not needed, but grants him zero rights.
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The mother must be of course. Yet, if the father can not be then no, or if you don't want the father to sign he does not have to. In Michigan when a child is born the mother fills out a form. The mother is asked if she is married and instructed based on her answer what information is needed. Paternity is established through court. If you are married or the father accepts paternity it is a legal matter. I'm still amazed at people stating the father signed the birth certificate. In Michigan there is no place on the certificate for any signature outside of the doctors.
I know that in the state of pennsylvania, the father must be present to sign the babies birth certificate in order for the baby to have the fathers last name.
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.
To my knowledge, the term "illegitimate" isn't used on birth certificates any more.
In the UK, if you are married when your children are born, you both automatically have parental rights. If you are not married, then you have to apply for parental responsibility rights, if the mother does not want to share that with you. This can be done by court order. After 2003, if not married but father is written on the birth certificate, that is enough to have parental responsibility and all that that entails. Not sure how it is for you guys in the USA!
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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.
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Yes, if the father signs an acknowledgment of paternity.
No - they simply list the names of the biological father and mother. A birth certificate does not prove the parents were married at the time the birth was registered.
The mother must be of course. Yet, if the father can not be then no, or if you don't want the father to sign he does not have to. In Michigan when a child is born the mother fills out a form. The mother is asked if she is married and instructed based on her answer what information is needed. Paternity is established through court. If you are married or the father accepts paternity it is a legal matter. I'm still amazed at people stating the father signed the birth certificate. In Michigan there is no place on the certificate for any signature outside of the doctors.
If the father and mother are not married, the father's name is not on the birth certificate, and there is no custody agreement in place, the mother may take the child out of state. Otherwise, there would be legal consequences.
I'm not absolutely sure if this applies to divorced couples, but I was born without my mother and father being married and they never got married. My birth certificate has my mother's last name.
I know that in the state of pennsylvania, the father must be present to sign the babies birth certificate in order for the baby to have the fathers last name.
The custodial parent can change the child's name to anything she wishes.
The biological mother, and father if known go on the birth certificate. If the father is unknown or disputed, tests can be done to confirm or exclude who it is. If you are married to someone who is not the father, then you can either put his name down and hope it is never questioned, put the real father's name and deal with the trouble, or not put any name at all.
In Utah, if father isn't present at the birth of child, a paternity test has to be performed in order to list him on birth certificate.