Adoption of Child with absentee father

[alendy]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MS
I have an 11 year old child, when she was born I did not list he biological father on the birth certificate because we were not married and I knew he would not be a part of her life - I am married to a wonderful man and the child is 11 - what is the simplest way to get his name on her birth certificate?

[Banned_Princess]

Um, you cant, because he is not the birth father?

Yes, thats what I am going to go with.

[Ohiogal]

Originally Posted by alendy

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MS
I have an 11 year old child, when she was born I did not list he biological father on the birth certificate because we were not married and I knew he would not be a part of her life - I am married to a wonderful man and the child is 11 - what is the simplest way to get his name on her birth certificate?

The wonderful man could adopt her and you would then have to serve the alleged father or do a john doe posting or a variety of other things. You could not list the biological father on the birth certificate even if you had wanted to without him agreeing and signing an Affidavit of Paternity. When your husband ADOPTS her then you could ask the court to alter/amend the birth certificate to reflect who her legal father is. That is the LEGAL way to do it.

[AllisonF2005]

When my daughter was born almost 6 years ago..the "biological father" wasn't present for the birth. (We weren't together at all). His name wasn't even on her birth certificate at all. Well, I had misplaced the bc and had to go buy a new one for her to start school...all of the sudden the "biological father"s name showed up on her bc. I was told that since he did start paying child support his name had to be put on there...After I go through with terminating his parental rights and having my husband adopt my daughter, I will have a new bc with his name listed as father...I will also keep the other one with the "biological father"s name on it.

[Ohiogal]

Originally Posted by AllisonF2005

When my daughter was born almost 6 years ago..the "biological father" wasn't present for the birth. (We weren't together at all). His name wasn't even on her birth certificate at all. Well, I had misplaced the bc and had to go buy a new one for her to start school...all of the sudden the "biological father"s name showed up on her bc. I was told that since he did start paying child support his name had to be put on there...After I go through with terminating his parental rights and having my husband adopt my daughter, I will have a new bc with his name listed as father...I will also keep the other one with the "biological father"s name on it.

His name was added due to the fact that paternity was established when child support was established. And DO NOT HIJACK OTHER PEOPLE'S THREADS with your info.