Birth Certificates

It should be sought to avoid legal problems. With a 60% rate of fathers being denied access to their child, not being involved is not necessary the case. But, in Kansas, if the father did not begin paying child support during the pregnancy, he cannot challenge an adoption.

According the Alabama National Congress for Fathers & Children: YES, it gives the father the absolute right to pay child support and that's all.

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No. However, if the alleged father has signed the birth certificate, he is acknowledging that the child is his. There are steps to take in order to be taken off of the birth certificate and relieved of the obligation of child support, including a paternity test and an amendment to the birth certificate.

Yes, it can be changed after paternity of the biological father has been established by the courts, you fill out a change of birth certificate affidavit and send it in with your court documents to the bureau of vital statistics stating who the real father is and the birth certificate will then be changed.

Yes he does. If he wants to see his child he needs to go to court to set up legal visitation and support of the child. If he refuse's to comply with the court on child support they could pronounce him the father and he would have to pay child support anyway. Most fathers are having DNA tests done in the hopes of getting out from under child support and it works if they are not the biological parent.

Yes, altho typically his parent/guardian will need to witness his signature.

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It depends on your age and why you're changing your name. If it's for marriage, it's easy to just Google it for the process, as there are many agencies that you need to notify in order to change your name.

If you're changing your name for a reason other than marriage, you usually have to petition the court in your local area for a legal change of name. If you're under age, then it has to be originated by one of your parents or legal guardians, and both parents must agree to the change by signing the petition. After that, a judge reviews and approves / denies the request but it's rarely denied.

In any case, the Clerk of the Circuit Court in your County is probably the best place to start, as they'll have the forms for such a process, and they'll tell you what you need to do in order to accomplish it.

Yes. In the United States there are some 14,000 different forms of birth certificates depending on where and when you were born. These certificates are all called "birth certificates" in common usage, but are frequently titled other ways such as "Certificate of Birth," "Certificate of Live Birth," "Birth Record," "Certification of Birth," "Birth Registration Notice," etc.

As long as it is certified by the State that issued it then it is legally a birth certificate.

Hospitals often offer souvenir certificates that contain the baby's footprints and other information, but these hospital certificates carry no legal weight and are not sufficient to get a drivers license or passport with. Only state issued and certified certified birth certificates carry any legal weight in the United States.

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Maybe. If the Certificate of Live Birth originated in a hospital or governmental agency charged with recording births, then it would be the same. More often, however, a Certificate of Live Birth is NOT a Birth Certificate. The data from Birth Certificates or other documents generally prepared by hospitals but also from other governmental bodies is transcribed into a computer database and COLBs are generated from that information. While COLBs are generally accepted in lieu of the BC, it is not always the same thing.

The mother must be of course. Yet, if the father can not be then no, or if you don't want the father to sign he does not have to.

In Michigan when a child is born the mother fills out a form. The mother is asked if she is married and instructed based on her answer what information is needed. Paternity is established through court. If you are married or the father accepts paternity it is a legal matter. I'm still amazed at people stating the father signed the birth certificate. In Michigan there is no place on the certificate for any signature outside of the doctors.

Yes, but he has up to six months to file an injunction ordering the child be returned to the jurisdiction of the state/county. I teach fathers how to do this.

Please include your location when asking legal questions, as laws vary by state/country. Generally, she will be required to seek and obtain the father's permission for the name change, or provide a very compelling reason why she shouldn't need it. Not having a legally named father for the child will complicate this process.

Proving paternity would become a problem as he would not be able to respond to any paternity claim. There are greater issues at stake here than just the SS benefits.

The mother is the legal guardian from birth and can give the child any name she wants but she can not sign for the father on the birth certificate. He have to sign it and if she was below age of consent when the child was conceived he can go to prison for statutory rape.

Is he actually the father, or are you planning to commit paternity fraud?

As far as I know he can be added to it as long as he has DNA evidence proving he's the father, but I'm sure the longer he waits the worse his chances are of getting approval from a judge, especially if the mother is fighting against it. In the state where i live, signing the birth certificate does not automatically give the child the father's last name either, but it does indebt him to pay child support if the mother decides to collect it. Things like this vary from state to state, your best bet is to speak with an attorney. Showing any proof of regulary paid childsupport (it's best to write a check to the mother with the child's name and "child Support" on the "for" line, and keep bank records as proof) helps as well. If there are any photos of you and the child together, especially photos of you rendering care to the child (feeding, bathing, changing, reading to, etc,)it could help. It shows you are a concerned, involved and loving parent, just like childsupport does. This will help win the approval of a judge. I don't believe a judge can keep you off of a child's birth certificate unless the mother can prove you were abusive and neglectful, and probably not even then, although he/she can discontinue visitation in that case, but a judge can prolong the process if he/she doesn't think you are wanting to be on the birth certificate for the right reasons. Also I'm not sure if the father can "sign" at a later date, but he can be "listed".

Well,she can do that, but it depends on the standards, like if the you knew the father, or if the child will ever see his/her father. something like that. I watch a lot of court shows and I also read a book about it.

It depends on where you're coming from.

Travel between Canada and USA for example, requires a passport or international travel document issued by your state.

A Birth Certificate contains date, time and location of birth. It also has the Mothers full name and Fathers full name. Then the Doctor who did the procedure signs his name as proof that the child was born in the United States.

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The information on a birth certificate varies by state, and by whether or not it is a long-form or short-form document. A "Record of Live Birth" is usually issued by the hospital and signed by the health care provider, but this is not the same thing as an official, state-issued birth certificate. Generally speaking, state-issued birth certificates are not signed by doctors but are rather validated/signed/certified by a court or government official.

The child doesn’t have his last name nor did he sign birth certificate but he did pay support for 18 years

It's not his child to keep. The mother is comitting fraud if she knows he is not the biological father. She can ask the bio-dad to relinquish his rights and her boyfriend can adopt the child when they are married. Then he can sign the birth certificate. You do not get rights to a child just because you want to. For the child's sake there are proper legal procedures.

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