Im 26 and have decided to "Divorce" my parents.. can I legally have both their names removed from my birth certificate without being "Adopted"- I want the fields completely blank as if I were an Orphan. Is it possible?

Actually a Orphan, still has at least the other listed.

And no you can not do this.

But you are 26, and a birth certificate is just a paper.
So break off contact and move on with your life. Worry about this does you know good on any level

The answer is no you can't take them off. They gave you birth for good or for bad,

I mean honestly, how many times do you even use a birth certificate.

NO! You cannot do this!

If it's THAT important to you, find parents to adopt you.

But you cannot have a BLANK birth certificate--orphans have both parents listed, as well.

Sorry you don't like that answer, that you are legally STUCK with whatever biology gave you unless you have other parents adopt you, then get a lawyer and pay for the answer you just got.

Either way, you WILL stop being demeaning to the people who are helping you for FREE.

Perhaps a legal name change? Parents would have a tough time finding you if you never tell anyone. These days it's rare for an orphan to not have at least a mother listed, because the law will make every effort to find the mother.

I think that thousands of years of human behavior are hard to change suddenly (the last few centuries, sometimes less, sometimes even now) when children became adults at puberty, to apprentice or work or be married off or join the hunt. Our society is a struggle for teens and a struggle for parents.

You have your answer and no I am one of the main moderators on the site, and one of the top legal experts, law school, justice department all of that.

So your life sucks, since a person almost never uses a birth certificate there is no legal reason to do it, and there is no way to do it. Or as noted, find someone who will adopt you and get adopted *** if your location allows adult adoption, not all do

A simple no is all you needed, it answered your question.

I would seriously advise you to spend your time and energy on counseling to get over and though feelings and learn to be happy with who you are.

You can ask for a name change, then your new ID will be a court order for the name change, it still does not change BS but gives you a different name.

I've been asking the same question myself... I want both my parents removed from my birth certificate, as neither have been parents, and have never been fit enough to call themselves that. I am nearly forty, and upon making some life life changes at my fathers suggestion, he has disowned me.
My mother is not much better, telling me from a very young age that she wished the abortion worked, and I am the blame for her being stuck with my father.
As a child I was left home alone at the age of four, was physically/emotionally abused by both parents, and was bullied at school.
I have come to a point in my life I want to cut all ties, to the extent of having them removed from my birth certificate, as far as I am concerned, they were never good parents so why should my certificate acknowledge them as my parents!!
I shall have to investigate whether a name change can remove them from any of my identity documents here in Australia, or sus out the option of adult adoption and whether that is possible in Australia.
Thank you for the answers above, even though I did not ask the question initially :)

A lot of the remarks on this are very rude. That person asked a question very nicely and many of you went ape just over a question. You can't tell someone to go to therapy and get over their issues, all while you are belittling them at the same time. You never know a persons experience until you've walked in their shoes. You all should shut the up and learn some manners! A simple "yes" or "no" with an explanation would do.


You have your answer and no I am one of the main moderators on the site, and one of the top legal experts, law school, justice department all of that.

So your life sucks, since a person almost never uses a birth certificate there is no legal reason to do it, and there is no way to do it. Or as noted, find someone who will adopt you and get adopted *** if your location allows adult adoption, not all do

A simple no is all you needed, it answered your question.

I would seriously advise you to spend your time and energy on counseling to get over and though feelings and learn to be happy with who you are.

You can ask for a name change, then your new ID will be a court order for the name change, it still does not change BS but gives you a different name.


You can't tell someone to go to therapy and get over their issues, all while you are belittling them at the same time. You never know a persons experience until you've walked in their shoes.