After all, your name may not be on the birth certificate. If you and the mother break up, the courts aren't going to oversee that process, which means you don't automatically get to ask for shared custody or physical custody in a court order. However, you do still have parental rights under the child custody act.
No. The father needs to be present in front of a witness when signing the birth certificate at the hospital.
The State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) is the administrative agency of the Michigan Supreme Court.
When a father is not listed on a birth certificate, it brings both legal and social implications. The absence of the father's name can significantly affect the child's rights, including inheritance, access to family medical history, and social security benefits, as well as the child's emotional well-being.
Under Michigan law, the child is “born out of wedlock.” The father can be added to the child's birth certificate by both parents voluntarily signing and notarizing an Affidavit of Parentage (available at ). The man is then considered to be the child's legal father.