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If what is meant by the term "legitimate" pertains to whether the father is responsible for supporting the child, then the answer would be yes. Once paternity has been established either by the signing of the birth certificate, a declaration of parentage or by DNA testing the father can be held responsible for support of the child and likewise he is entitled to petition for custodial or visitation rights.
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What is Tennessee law if a child is born out of wedlock does the child take on the father's last name if it is added to the birth certificate?
What name is on the birth certificate is the child's legal name.
Is Obama's birth certificate a legitimate Hawaii birth certificate?
Yes, Barack Obama's birth certificate is a genuine document issued by the State of Hawaii.
What if the father signed birth certificate and wants to have power over child out of wedlock?
The biological father does have parental rights but he have to petition the court for visitation rights and custody.
Do you have to put your husband on a birth certificate even if he is not the father?
No, you put the father on the birth certificate! Then it wouldn't be a birth certificate!
Do you have to list the father on a birth certificate?
No. Father's name is not legally required to be on the birth certificate.
What custodial rights does an illegal immigrant father have to a child born out of wedlock with a US citizen and is not on the birth certificate?
Immigration status has no influence on parental rights but you have to prove paternity in court by a DNA test to get them. Then you can also petition to sign the birth certificate.
In Tennessee if a child is born out of wedlock does the child have to take on the father's last name if he signs the birth certificate?
No, but it may cause problems for the parent(s) and the child in the future.
Can you put your child's father name on the birth certificate even if you are not married to that person or does he have to sign the birth certificate?
The father must sign to add his name to the birth certificate.
Does the father's name have to be on the birth certificate?
No.
Can an unmarried mother refuse to name the father on a birth certificate?
Yes the mother has the right to put the father on the birth certificate or not.
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.
Does the birth mother have sole custody of her child if she is not married to its father but the father of the baby is not on the birth certificate?
Even if the father's name is on the birth certificate, and is living with the mother, except in Arizona.
