No, but you will be obligated to pay child support without any rights. see links below
To my knowledge, the term "illegitimate" isn't used on birth certificates any more.
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.
In the UK, if you are married when your children are born, you both automatically have parental rights. If you are not married, then you have to apply for parental responsibility rights, if the mother does not want to share that with you. This can be done by court order. After 2003, if not married but father is written on the birth certificate, that is enough to have parental responsibility and all that that entails. Not sure how it is for you guys in the USA!
Yes, but he will have to file a petition for visitation. He may also have to go through paternity testing to verify.
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.
If the child is YOUR child, the child is your legitimate child, married or not.
Not unless she has a court order.
I'm not absolutely sure if this applies to divorced couples, but I was born without my mother and father being married and they never got married. My birth certificate has my mother's last name.
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No - they simply list the names of the biological father and mother. A birth certificate does not prove the parents were married at the time the birth was registered.
Yes, if the father signs an acknowledgment of paternity.
It depends, are you divorced from her. If you are, the answer is no if you are planning on staying there. However, if you are just visiting the state, then there should be no problem. If you and the mother have not ever been married, then there is nothing wrong with you taking the child.
Yes, only Arizona is different.
Yes, if he is the one who fathered the child. Father's do not typically sign the birth certificate though, although he can be named on it.
The custodial parent can change the child's name to anything she wishes.
Yes i believe so. The biological parents must be married for the child to be considered "legitimate."