Since a lot of mothers have no idea who it is, how can it be a felony?
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.
Is he the father?
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If the mother is not married to anyone else there is no one else considered to be the more likely father, so the father's marital status does not bar him from claiming the child and signing the birth certificate if he is willing to do so.
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.
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.
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.
Oh yeah. The biological father and mother are put on the certificate.
The father's name goes on the birth certificate only if he signs an acknowledgment of paternity.
Is he the father?
In Illinois in 1971, the mother of the child could put anyone's name on the birth certificate as the father. In this connection, the critical document is the acknowledgment of paternity, which is now required to add a man's name to the birth certificate.
yes
No, you should not but the baby's father's last name on the birth certificate. Also, it is better to put your last name anyways because of legal matters, social relations, and less questions will have to be answered in the future. Although the child does not need to have its father's last name the father's full name should be stated on the birth certificate so the father will be identified in the vital records.
The father have a legal right to put his name there if he chooses to, even with a criminal record. You can not sign it for him.
No he have to sign it in order to be on there.
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.
have HIM go down to domestic relations in your area and ask for him to be put on the birth certificate...he might have to sign a praternity paper stating that he is the father..but he doesnt have to do any DNA tests..