Q: Can 2 females be on a birth certificate in Ohio?
I am fighting a nasty custody battle with my ex girlfriend. I carried the child and we used a member of my exes family as donor. The child has a "parent 1" and "parent 2" birth certificate, and my ex and I were not married. The ex only signed the birth certificate, and never did a legal adoption, the donor also never signed away his rights. My ex was allowed to sign the birth certificate at the hospital, but since I have been dealing with this custody battle and doing research it seems like she shouldn't have been able to legally sign it. To my understanding we would have needed to be married in order for her to be able to legally sign. Since we weren't married, she didn't adopt and donor never signed away rights, can she be removed from the birth certificate??
A: It sounds as if this person has an attorney. If so she should follow that professional's advice. That being said, I believe that the birth certificate could be voidable rather than void. I think you will need to show that it is more likely than not that the birth certificate was issued in error.
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