Your maiden name may be listed on your child's birth certificate because it is a legal document that records your name at the time of your child's birth. This helps establish your identity as the child's parent.
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The one on the birth certificate is the legal name.
Since a lot of mothers have no idea who it is, how can it be a felony?
sure can!
Your birth certificate will not help you. You can enter the US from Mexico with an "enhanced" US drivers license, but only if you are traveling by sea or land, not by air.
A child born outside the US will not be issued a US birth certificate. The birth certificate will be issued by the country in which the child was born.
Yes, provided you have a passport (flying into Mexico) or an ID/birth certificate (entering by land into Mexico).
She can order her birth certificate online at the website of the Registro Civil de Vera Cruz.
Most usually, you need a passport.
It depends on the state. Some states, such as New York, allow for a gay or lesbian couple to have both names on the birth certificate. Others do not.
no