Birth Certificate

[singlemom]

Hello
my ex husband and i are now divorved. before we got married i had a baby. he is not the father of my daughter and his name is on her BC, at the time of her birth we decided we would put his name on it.my daughter and her real father will be taking a dna test soon. i wanted to know once the test is done and it shows the real father,can i get my ex husbands named removed? im planning filing for child support and i did not want the state to go after my ex husband ..considerring he is not the real father. she is now two years old,is there a time limit for this? will the state of GA look at my ex husband as the father regardless of what the DNA test shows? any info or websites would help thank you all !

[Buenchico]

Errors on birth certificates can be corrected. You'll need to apply to the register office where your daughter's birth was registered, with documentary evidence of the 'error' (i.e. the DNA test result).

It's important that you should state that the incorrect information was given to the registrar in error (i.e. because you genuinely believed that your husband was the father). If you don't, you'll be admitting to a serious criminal offence.

Chris

[pink-kittens]

does this apply to the US Chris?
It appears the poster is not in the UK

[bednobs]

I think chrises answer refers to the UK, as you are in the USA it may be different

[Buenchico]

Oops!

Sorry, I scanned your question rather quickly and failed to spot the GA reference. (I was probably too far down the bottle of wine!).

This is UK-based site so there are very few people around here who know about US federal or state laws. Try a US-based website, such as one of these:

http://answers.yahoo.com/

http://www.answerbag.com/

Chris