Documents for Bonding Claims Mothers without a pregnancy-related disability claim, new fathers, and foster or adoptive parents must complete sections one through five of the SDI Online bonding application, and provide a Proof of Relationship document. Examples of this document include: Child's Birth Certificate.
Documents for Bonding Claims Child's Birth Certificate. Child's Hospital Birth Certificate. Declaration of Paternity (CS-909) Foster Care Placement Record (SOC-815)
``Employers may not request a certification for FMLA leave to bond with a newborn child or a child placed for adoption or foster care. However, employers may require employees to provide reasonable documentation of a family relationship.
Baby Bonding Leave Eligibility The employee worked more than 12 months for the employer prior to the date that the period of leave is taken; and. In the past 12-month period, the employee worked at least 1,250 hours for the employer.
FMLA form WH380-F would be the form for taking care of wife's serious health condition prior or after birth and then the baby's birth certification should be enough to prove baby bonding.
If eligible, you can receive about 60 to 70 percent (depending on income) of wages earned 5 to 18 months before your claim start date for up to 8 weeks within any 12-month period.
Parents may use FMLA leave when their child is born and to bond with their child during the 12-month period beginning on the date of birth. Both mothers and fathers have the same right to take FMLA leave for the birth of a child and bonding.