Originally Posted by
Robb138
.... Is there anything I can do pre birth to ensure my parental rights, ...
A Putative Father Registry, if available in N.C. (see the sticky at the top of the Family Law Forum), would be for that.
Originally Posted by
Robb138
... Is there anything I can do ... as well as the baby having my last name on the birth certificate.
Check with the N.C. vital statistics office about the procedure to sign an affidavit of paternity, after the birth, to get your name on the BC. I doubt this is possible because of the presumption that a child born to a wife is the child of her husband, but it wouldn't hurt to ask.