This form is a generic affidavit that may be referred to when preparing an affidavit of a mother of a child as to the identity of the natural father of the child.
Iowa Affidavit of Paternity by Mother of Child
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US-00863BG
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Additional information, assistance, and amendment forms are available either from local County Recorders /County Registrars of Vital Records or the state office of vital records. Visit the state office in Des Moines or call 515-281-4944 and ask for the amendment clerk.
A court order will be required in order to make any changes to the record. Normally an attorney is needed for this type of action. If the mother was married to another man during the child's conception or birth and there is no father listed on the child's certificate, a three-way paternity affidavit can be filled out.
To add the father's name: You can send a request to the State Register's office asking for a new certificate to be prepared. You must include one of these with the request: A certified copy of the court determination of paternity, OR. A signed acknowledgment of paternity by the father.
Parents can legally establish the paternity of a child born out of wedlock by signing a paternity affidavit and filing it with the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. The paternity affidavit is a free form parents complete and file with the Bureau of Health Statistics (BHS) to legally establish paternity.
Only the Iowa Department of Public Health has the authority to enter the father's information on the birth certificate after a paternity affidavit or other legal court order has been submitted to the state Vital Records office. ?144.40 Paternity of children?birth certificates.
That I am the biological father of the minor/ child ____________________________ who was born on _____________________in ______________________________; That at the time of the birth of said minor/ child, I was not legally married to his/ her biological mother; That I hereby acknowledge my paternity/ filiation of the ...
Parents can complete a VPA at the hospital at the time of birth, the local county recorder office or a local child support office. All paternity affidavits submitted require a notary public's signature and a copy of each parent's ID (see above for appropriate IDs).
