Affidavit Of Parentage

Sign a parental responsibility agreement Take the agreement to your local family court where it can be signed and witnessed. Also take the child's birth certificate and proof of your identity, like a passport or driving licence.

The Declaration of Parentage declares who the child's parents are.Even though the true father's name has been included on the birth certificate as a result of a Declaration of Parentage, this does not automatically grant parental responsibility to the father.

An Affidavit of Admission of Paternity is a document wherein the person signing the affidavit acknowledges that he is the father of an illegitimate child. An illegitimate child is a child whose parents are not legally married to each other.

Signing a paternity affidavit allows a father to put his name on the child's birth certificate and, if both parents agree, give the child his surname. A paternity affidavit makes a man who signs it the legal father of the child.

The purpose of the declaration of parentage or paternity is to officially and legally establish who the parents of the child are when the parents are not married to each other.

Establishing parentage means obtaining a court order or signing an official declaration of parentage or paternity that says who the legal parents of a child are.

In case there was any infidelity, a paternity test also provides the father with rights. If the child isn't biologically his, he has no legal obligation to the child.In this case, custody is the father's choice he can choose to establish joint custody or other parental rights.

In some cases, paternity is proven through documentation such as the child's birth certificate. In other cases, proof of paternity is established when the court requires and processes DNA that demonstrates a proven genetic connection between the father and the child.

Generally, the only way to remove parental responsibility from someone is to make an application to the Court.If parental responsibility has been granted through a court order then this parental responsibility will be in place as long as the order is in force. This could include a Special Guardianship Order.