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If an unwed father is not listed on the birth certificate, he has no legal rights to the child. This includes no obligation to paying child support and no rights to visitation to custody or child support. If no father is listed on the birth certificate, the mother has sole legal rights and responsibility of the child.

The birth certificate may be amended to add another parent's name at a later date only if parentage for the child has been established by a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or by the filing of a voluntary declaration of parentage.”

Use the Amendment of Parentage (VS 21) form to add, remove, or replace a parent listed on a California Birth Certificate. A second parent can be added without a court order IF all the following are true: You are adding the second parent to a blank field on the current birth certificate.

You have the right to give instructions about your own health care. You also have the right to name someone else to make health care decisions for you. This form lets you do either or both of these things. It also lets you express your wishes regarding donation of organs and the designation of your primary physician.

Whether or not your home state calls for an official notarization by a notary public, every state in the U.S. requires your advance directive to be signed by witnesses. Some states require both witnesses and notary publics to sign advance directives.

The AHCD allows you to make specific written instructions for your future health care in the event of any situation in which you can no longer speak for yourself. The AHCD replaces the Natural Death Act and is now recognized as the legal format for a living will in the state of California.

If you give your agent the authority to manage your real estate property, then your POA must be notarized. If you make a medical POA and live in a nursing home, your POA must be witnessed by a patient advocate or ombudsman (in addition to your notary or as one of the two witnesses).

For an Advance Directive to be legally valid in California, the document must be signed by you or another adult at your direction and must either be notarized or witnessed by two adults.

After you create your advance directive, you must sign and date your document and have it either signed by two witnesses or notarized. (California allows digital advance directives, but they must be notarized and must comply with strict requirements for digital signatures.)