Well, her husbands name shouldn’t have ever been put on the BC. You said she had the baby BEFORE they got married. So, the father’s name should have gone on the BC- not the husband’s.
I don’t know the ins and out of changing a birth certificate, but it seems the fathers name needs to be put on the certificate.
she and the baby’s biological father were not together. He broke up with her when he was being deployed to Iraq. They quit speaking and he wanted nothing to with the baby. She started dating someone else and he said he wanted to take care of the child as if it were his own. There are a lot of people that do this. There is nothing in the law to keep him from putting his name on the birth certificate, all they had to do is fill out some paper work. All of this is really beside the point. She needs to know how to have his name removed from the BC as per her husbands attorneys request.
cindy launderville
He knowingly put his name on a birth certificate knowing that the child was not his. That might very well change the whole thing.
I’m interested to see what the attorney has to say for this one. How sad for that child.
thankfully, my daughter and the biological father are back together and doing well. That is why she needs to know how to go about getting the name taken off. They want to have his real fathers put on, besides the fact, she got the letter from the attorney telling her she has 60 days to remove the name.
cindy launderville
vitalrecords.dhhs.state.nc.us/vr/faqs/
There is a question concerning changing a certificate. You should probably call them.
The biological father can file a petition for legitimation which will make the child legally his in the eyes of the law.
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My daughter became pregnant by her boyfriend 3 yrs ago. They broke up. When she was about 3 months pregnant she started dating another guy. He knew that the child wasnt his. After the birth of her son they got married. His name is on the childs B/C. when he decided he wanted a divorce he had his parents to take the child with their POA to have a paternity test behind my daughters back. Of course like I said, the child is not his. Their divorce is almost final. She received a letter from his attorney informing her that she had 60 days to remove her husbands name from the birth certificate. Isn’t that bastardizing a child? I didn’t think that was legal in North Carolina.
cindy launderville