Q: I was told I need a parentage custody order to amend my daughter's birth certificate & put her real father on it. How?
The man who I thought was my child's father ended up not being her father after an home DNA test was conducted. We had her name changed right away to her biological dad's last name but we thought his name would automatically go on her birth certificate and it did not... the man who I thought was her father name still remains on it
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I would need to know how to you change the name and on what documents.
Generally, you would need to get a order from a juvenile court Judge to establish the bio dad as the legal dad and request the judge to change your child's name. Once you get that, you will be able to change birth certificate and social.
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