Issues of child custody are not settled by names on birth certificates. Generally, the court will try to determine what is in the best interest of the child. Who is a better parent, the father or the mother? Who will take better care of the child? That is the issue.
NO. An unmarried mother has sole legal custody of her child in most jurisdictions. Unmarried fathers must establish their paternity legally and then petition the court for a custody or visitation order. Even after establishing paternity an unmarried father cannot just take the child. If he does, the mother should call the police immediately.
Yes, if the father signs an acknowledgment of paternity.
Yes. Your step-father is who he is to you because he married your mother. If you married his mother, you would be his step-father. Strange but true.
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.
answer is simple. GET A LAWYER
In Illinois in 1962, the child's mother could name anyone she wished (or no one), as the father, and give the child any first/last name she wished.
Get a good family law lawyer.
Check with your state government. Here you can allocate the surname of EITHER parent on the birth certificate as long as you name the father. In Britain the father has to go with the mother to register the birth to show he agrees.
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In most cases, your sister's mother is also your mother, and her husband is your father. If you and your baby sister have the same father but different mothers, your sister's mother's father is your father. If you and you sister have the same mother but different fathers, your baby sister's father is your step-father if he is married to your mother.
In most cases, the identified father. see links below
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.
If he is married to the child's mother the decision is theirs to make, but if he is not married to her the mother decides the child's last name.