In many states he can be held responsible, regardless of paternity.
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Yes, you do. You fathered the child and now you need to pay for what you did. Accept the responsibility.
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.
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no, changing the birth certificate requires adoption, and can only be done if the birth father's parental rights have been terminated.
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.
Not necessarily. A person that is on a birth certificate, but is not really the child's father, is just taking responsibility for them. They can't really get into any trouble, legally.
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.
Yes but he may have to prove paternity first.
Yes, you do. You fathered the child and now you need to pay for what you did. Accept the responsibility.
It is possible to legally establish paternity even if the father's name is not on the birth certificate.
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.
The man on 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.
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.
Generally, the man on the birth certificate is the child's legal father, unless/until proven otherwise.
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no, changing the birth certificate requires adoption, and can only be done if the birth father's parental rights have been terminated.