Q: How do I get my husbands name on our daughters birth certificate. When she was born I was maried to someone else?
I was married and my now ex husband would not give me a divorce. So I moved out and on. I got engaged and had a child with my now husband. However his name was not allowed on her birth certificate because I was married to someone else. Marlee is 17 and wants her birth certificate corrected. She was born in Poughkeepsie NY and they said I would have to fix it in FLORIDA.
A: It is possible that you could bring a paternity action in Florida and ask for the BC to be corrected. You should speak with a local family law attorney about your options.
Bruce Alexander Minnick agrees with this answer
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Reason: If you were in Florida the day your daughter was born the State of Florida acquired jurisdiction over her through your Florida marriage; all children born during a marriage are presumed to be children of that marriage.
That is why you will have to correct this problem in the Florida courts.
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