CLT1995
Oct 6, 2011, 12:02 PM
I was not married when I gave birth to my daughter in Dec 95, the biological father did not want me to keep the pregnancy,(to pay child support) and left the area I lived when I was 7 months pregnant. I did not enter his name on the birth certifacate at her birth. In Dec 1997 I married, my daughter was then two years old). She carried my name and when married we wanted hers to reflect my married name as well. I was due to be reassigned to Germany(army) and needed a dependent military passport for my daughter and wanted the new name reflected. I called the court asking what I needed to do make a legal change of her name quickly. When asked if the biological father's name was on the birth certificate I answered no and was then told that my husband should take the name on the birth certicate. I asked, even if he isn't the bio-dad and he said yes. We amended the birth certificate to add his name and my maiden was removed and given his last name.
I have tried to find her bio-dad on and off for years (she asked to meet him when she was 9. She is now nearing 16 and fully understands the dynamics of how everything transpired with us wanting to have her to have our last name. She loves her step-dad but requests for her own personal reasons to have her step-dad's name removed from her birth certificate. She demands her biological father acknowledge his paternity, officially on her birth certificate and her hispanic ethnicity recorded legally (she looks hispanic). My husband is understanding of her need to validate her identity and it is only a piece of paper to him, doesn't change is love for her. I have not made contact with her biological father yet. How do I get her step-dad's name removed at her request?
I have tried to find her bio-dad on and off for years (she asked to meet him when she was 9. She is now nearing 16 and fully understands the dynamics of how everything transpired with us wanting to have her to have our last name. She loves her step-dad but requests for her own personal reasons to have her step-dad's name removed from her birth certificate. She demands her biological father acknowledge his paternity, officially on her birth certificate and her hispanic ethnicity recorded legally (she looks hispanic). My husband is understanding of her need to validate her identity and it is only a piece of paper to him, doesn't change is love for her. I have not made contact with her biological father yet. How do I get her step-dad's name removed at her request?