Yes, get a blood test and prove it No. What is your motivation? Are you trying to destroy a marriage? Have you done anything to support your child? Given money to pay for medical or provided other resources? If the other guy is ACTING like a parent, maybe you should just stay out of it. The Biology of a child is not relevent if the child is born to a married woman who resides with her husband. In such cases the "husband rule" applies, meaning the husband is assumed to be the legal father and the court will not allow anyone to intrude into the marriage nor will it allow genetic (paternity) testing to be done. The only exception is, if the biological father can prove beyond a doubt that the woman did not have an opportunity to engage in sexual relations with her husband during the time the child was conceived.
No, you cannot sign a birth certificate if you are not the biological father.
Oh yeah. The biological father and mother are put on the certificate.
A custodial father has legal custody of the child and is responsible for their care and upbringing on a day-to-day basis. A biological father may have visitation rights but may not have legal custody or decision-making authority. Both fathers have a responsibility to provide financial support for their child, but the custodial father typically has more direct involvement in the child's life.
If you are adopted, your biological father has no legal standing. And there is no requirement that any parent sign a wedding certificate. If you are underage, you may need signatures to obtain the marriage license and it would be the adoptive parent that would have to sign.
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.
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.
In all U.S. states the biological unwed mother is considered to have sole legal and physical custody of her child. If the biological father wishes to assert his parental rights he must first establish paternity to the child in question and petition the court for visitation privileges or custodial rights. If the mother wishes to pursue child support for the minor child she must show proof of paternity (signed birth certificate, or notarized affidavit for the father). It is the responsibility of the alledged father to prove he is or is not the biological father of the child, regarding custody, visitation and/or obligation of financial support.
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.
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Yes, it is illegal to knowingly sign a birth certificate claiming to be the father when you are not the biological father. This act is considered fraud and can have legal consequences.
There are no laws that would prevent the child from vistation with her biological father as long as her custodial parents agree. The biological father has no legal grounds to seek vistation or custody if the adoption were done according to the laws of the state in which it occurred. Visitation must be voluntarily agreed to by the custodial parents and the child under the terms that they establish. The visitation rights can also be withdrawn by the custodial parent(s) if and whenever they so choose. It would be in the best interest of those involved for the custodial parents to establish guidelines (boundaries) before visitation is allowed.
Yes, a man who signs the birth certificate but is not the biological father can be held legally responsible for the child, depending on the laws of the state and the circumstances of the case.