[chinarain]

I reside in California, how do I go about removing the man that I thought was my son's father off of his birth certificate? We've established paternity & he is not the father.

[chinarain]

Hello, I live in California & my son is 10 yrs. old. We took a legal partenity test (on our own) w/ the alleged father & the test came back that he is not the father. At the time of birth, I believed he was the father & put his name on the BC. But, my son doesn't have his last name because at the time he did not claim him as his. So I gave him mine. (There was the possibility that he might not have been) The alleged father knew about it. But now we found out the truth, so could you pls. lead me in the right direction. What would I have to do to remove his name from the Birth Certificate?

[aaron]

In California, after filing a voluntary declaration of paternity, the father has sixty days to cancel the declaration. After that, it is necessary to bring an action in court.

[chinarain]

Eventhough it has been 10yrs. later, am I able to file a voluntary declaration of paternity? When I put the alleged father's name on the BC, he was not @ the hospital to sign the form the hospitals give you when filling out the info for the child's name & parents.

[chinarain]

I think the form is called an Acknowledgement of Paternity???? Well all these yrs. I've never asked for a penny & still don't. I just wanted him to be a part of his life because my son does ask. So this is why we did take the test. But now that I know the truth, I just want to fix it. Thank you

[aaron]

You can't file a new voluntary declaration of paternity to remove somebody from a birth certificate. As was just explained to you, if it has been more than sixty days since the original acknowlegement was filed, you have to bring a court action.

[chinarain]

Thank you for your help