Acknowledgement of Legal Paternity on a Birth Certificate

Benefits Include:

• Reassurance that the parents cared enough to acknowledge paternity.
• The ability to add the father’s name to a child’s birth certificate if he or she was not included on the original birth certificate.
• To ability to change the father’s name from who was listed on the child’s original birth certificate.
• The right to seek court ordered custody and visitation.
• The right to be informed and have a say in adoption proceedings.