Taking My Name Off the Birth Certificate
My question involves child support in the State of: Oregon . So i met my current girlfriend when she was 2-4 months prego and everything was perfect her 9 months was up and the choice of signing or not was there i knew i was not the dad and i was not going to sign in case we broke up but the babys mom was scared the real dad would get the baby and he sapposidly threatened to take the baby and all and his best friend was having a baby to at the same place and thinking i was in love and wanting to make sure he could not take her i signed everything was good for months then out of no where she went behind my back and let the bio dad see the baby so i started going with her i had no problem with it except i felt if he was going to be a part of her life he needs to help out with money cloths diapers or what ever so mom chose to stop seeing him for months me and her got in a fight i was going to take my name off but did not because i work alot in the summer and she kept talking about doing it me being dumb i just let it go as we got back together everything was great again until she started wanting to be a kid again and fell out of love with me. so now we still live together but our relationship is always arguing and she always brings up the bio dad and says she is gonna have another baby with him and all that junk to make me mad and she went behind my back twice recently to see him the baby is now around 16-17 months old and i dont know if its to late to get my name off i know i can get the dna test and all. but my main concern is the chiald support issue. i love the baby as my own but once this is taken care of i know mom and me will not be together and bio dad will get to see the baby withought having to pay and ill have to pay so if i get my name off is there any chance i would have to pay child support just because its been so long or once my name is off they cant charge me? the last thing i want to do is take my name off and mom have all the right me have none to see the baby but still have to pay any help from anyone that knows about Oregon law on this is verry healpful
Re: Taking My Name Off the Birth Certificate
As is explained here,
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Quoting Q: If paternity has been established and one of the parents has reason to believe that the man established as the father on the birth certificate is not the birth father, what can the parent do?
Up to sixty days after filing a Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity form, either the father or the mother may request that the father's name be removed from the birth certificate. To remove the father's name a Rescind or "Take Back" of Paternity Acknowledgment form must be filed with the Center for Health Statistics within sixty days. Parents may call 971-673-1155 or e-mail a staff person listed below and ask for the "Rescind of Voluntary Acknowledgment" form for either the mother or the father. There is no fee for filing this form.
Up to one year after filing the Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity form, either parent can request parentage testing. Paternity established by either the Division of Child Support (DCS) or the District Attorney (DA) can also be reopened in the first year by requesting parentage tests if they were not done before. Please contact your local DCS or DA office for additional information.
Once testing is completed, a court order may be issued to either remove or change the father listed on the birth certificate. The Center for Health Statistics will need a certified copy of the court order (showing the original stamp and signature of the court official), and a fee of $50. The fee includes the cost of a new certified copy of the updated birth certificate. Parents who petition a court directly need to obtain a certified copy of the court order. In cases where the Division of Child Support follows up by completing the parentage tests, DCS may send a certified copy of the court order to our office to change the name of the father on the birth certificate.
After a full year from the date paternity was established, either parent challenging the name of the father on a birth record must petition a court and obtain a court order to either remove or change the father listed on the birth record. Again, the Center for Health Statistics needs a certified copy of the court order with the original stamp and seal of the court and the $50 fee for changing the birth certificate.