[angelovesls]

I am 46 years old and my father who I have known all my life is 64 and dying of cancer. On my birth certificate his name was withheld due to my mother being a minor and my grandmother who is now deceased kept his name and incorretly put his state and race on the birth certificate wrong. All these years I have had a relationship with him and my mother does ackowledge him as the natural father. They never married and both are remarried and live in different states. The problem is I have come home to my home state Kansas to tell him good-bye and now he wants my name on the birth certificate. He is 1/4 th Eskimo and gets money from the pipeline and tells me he cannot pass this on to me if his name is not on the birth certificate. He is very poor I don't know how much he gets a month. I do know if I can determine parentage with my father being Native American and born in Fairbanks Alaska that my children may get free education. I am not sure if this is all true but I would like to find out. I have been to vitial statisics and clerk of the district court in Topeka Kansas where I was born but they don't even know how to proceed except with a court order. I live in Indiana and I was given a free airline ticket to come say good-bye to my dad. I told my dad it dosen't matter but he is adamant and wants this done. I have drawn up an affidavit and he said he would sign it but I don't know if that will stand up because vital statistic told me I can only change the brith certificate with a court order. The other problem is my dad will entering hospice in the next few days and may only last another week. Any advise would be grealty appreciated!!

[ScottGem]

Well the first thing you NEED to do is get an preserve a blood or tissue sample, You cannot do this, but his doctor can. So, even if he does pass before you can complete the legal paperwork, you have a sample to do testing on.

To change the birth certificate WILL require a court order. But you may be able to handle the paperwork yourself. Talk to a clerk at Family Court and see what you need to do.

[stinawords]

It is true that you have to have a court order. As for the free education they have to be a certain percentage and if he is the only naitive american link I don't think by the time it trickles down to your children (they will only be 1/16) that it is enough I think though I'm not posititve you have to be able to prove at least 1/8 to even get grants. But anyway have him ask his doctor to get a blood sample to save and in the mean time you get a court date to petition for the DNA test.