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Can you adopt your girlfriends child if you are not married and the father signed the birth certificate but can't be found?
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∙ 14y ago
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The best advice I can offer you is to get a Lawyer who specializes in adoptions. While the fathers name isn't on any papers, who knows if he really wanted to take the child into his custody, by using DNA testing if he would be allowed. Better if you see that lawyer.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 14y agoYou can certainly apply for custody, it would then be up to the court to decide what is the best interest of the child.
good luck and God bless
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∙ 12y agoHe will have to give up his parental rights in order for you to do so. If he does not want to, the child's mother can try through the court to have it done.
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Your son was boen in Germany on a military base the father and you are not married the father signed the birth certificate is that certificate leagal in the states?
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Does the father have to sign the birth certificate in the hospital?
I know that in the state of pennsylvania, the father must be present to sign the babies birth certificate in order for the baby to have the fathers last name.
You are the father same last name signed birth certificate do i have to pay child support?
Yes, but if you're not married to her, you have no rights to the child. see link
If another man signed the birth certificate is the father still responsibl?
By law, the "father" is the man who signed the birth certificate unless/until paternity is established in some other way.
Who signed Helen Keller's birth certificate?
Helen Keller's birth certificate was signed by Dr. Thomas Hopkins, who was the attending physician at her birth.
My babies father does not want anything to do with our baby so my boyfriend signed her birth certificate and is providing for her. does her biological father have to sign any legal papers?
Yes, he is still the father. If you were married to the boyfriend and he adopted the baby you would still have to get the father to sign away his rights.
Can the biological father get any custody rights if he did not sign the birth certificate and the mother of the child was married but is divorced now and her ex husband signed the birth certificate?
Yes, but he will have to file a petition for visitation. He may also have to go through paternity testing to verify.
Can you get the father of your child for child support even though your husband signed the birth certificate?
Unlikely. Your husband is the legal father of the child.
When is the father's name not on birth certificate?
It depends upon a lot of factors - where you live, rather or not the mother is agreeable to his name being placed on the birth certificate, if there is already a father listed on the birth certificate, if the mother was married to someone else at the time she gave birth, etc., etc.
How long does a father have to sign the birth certificate?
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.
What is the law for a father who live across country and does not pay child support and the mother and father have never been married?
The laws will vary state to state, but if paternity has been established by DNA test or a signed birth certificate and the father is not paying child support, the mother can take him to court for payment.
Can a mother have a minor child's last name changed on his birth certificate without the permission of the father if he signed the birth certificate?
Yes, but the father can motion the family court to stop the action, or have it changed back when he finds out.
