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Unmarried parents can sign a VDP to say that a man is the biological father of a child. The VDP is filed with the Office of Vital Records and Statistics. This adds the father's name to the child's Utah birth certificate. It can also change the child's name if the child is less than 1 year old.

When unmarried parents have a baby, the father does not automatically have legal rights and duties. He must take steps to establish his rights and responsibilities. This is called establishing paternity. Usually the mother has sole legal and physical custody of the children until a court orders something different.

Execution of declaration of paternity. state that the signatories understand that the declaration is the equivalent of a legal finding of paternity of the child and that a challenge to the declaration is permitted only under the limited circumstances described in Section 78B-15-307.

What Is a Voluntary Declaration of Paternity? Unmarried parents can acknowledge paternity of a child born in Utah by signing the Voluntary Declaration of Paternity by Parents. This is a legally binding form from the Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics.

How Long Does a Father Have to Establish Paternity? If a man believes that he may be a child's father he should sign or file with the court a voluntary acknowledgment of his paternity by 30 days from the date the child was born.

To Correct Parent Information or Add a Parent Submit either a Non-amendment Correction form or an Affidavit to Amend a Vital Record with a Birth Certificate Application, documentation that supports that there is an error in the record, a copy of the requester's ID, and a check or money order for the correct fees.

In Utah, if the parents of a child are not married to each other when the child is born, the child has no legal father until paternity is established. Once paternity is established, the father's name will be placed on the child's birth certificate and the father will gain certain rights to the child.

What is this? Unmarried parents can sign a VDP to say that a man is the biological father of a child. The VDP is filed with the Office of Vital Records and Statistics. This adds the father's name to the child's Utah birth certificate.

A father and mother can declare the father's paternity by signing a Declaration of Paternity. Evidence that the father is named on the child's birth certificate, that the child took the father's surname, and/or that the father has been providing support is good evidence for a declaration.