My question involves paternity law for the State of: Wisconsin

Hi all,

I'd like to know what the options are to remove my biological father from my own birth certificate. I am 22 years old. I won't go into the very detailed specifics of why I want him removed but I will say that he was not involved in my upbringing. I did not meet him until I was 12 and that was only by court order because my mother started to receive child support. Up until I was 12 my father was not on my birth certificate, it was just my mom. When I was 12 they did a paternity test. When I was very young my mom kept me away from him because he was a drug addict and dealer. Turns out that when I started seeing him at 12 he wasn't much better. He had visitation rights every other weekend and it was horrible. He was constantly late on his child support payments and only paid when the court ordered him to, and he only paid enough to keep them from coming after him. When I turned 15 I finally told him what I thought of him and he got in his truck and drove away with one of his other (of several) illegitimate children. I knew that at that age it would take probably a year before he could get my mom into court and force me to see him, and by that time I'd be 16 and have a choice. I never saw him again, and I never want to see him again, or my miscellaneous brothers and sisters-god knows how many there are.

I want my father removed from my birth certificate just like it was before I ever met him. I will do whatever it takes to get that accomplished. I need to know what my options are. I know that in Texas there is something called the "New Birth Certificate Based On Parentage" which allows the biological father to be removed if the fathers rights have been terminated (see FAQ: "The father's rights have been terminated, and his name is to be removed from the birth certificate. In this case, the Application for a New Birth Certificate Based on Parentage can be signed in the presence of a notary public by either the mother or by the man whose name is being removed from the birth certificate."). Seeing how I am 22, and how this jerk never paid his child support, I'd say that his rights are more than terminated. Does Wisconsin have something similar to the Texas application?

I no longer live in Wisconsin (I'm in California) so just heading over to Wisconsin's Department of Health Services is kind of difficult. I'd like to have some ideas, application names, laws, and what not in mind to throw at them before I give them a call.

Your help would be grateful. Thank you.