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My question involves name change laws in the State of: Illinois
I'm 40 yrs old and just recently did DNA to find my real father, I want to take the man who my mother married off of my birth certificate and add my real father. My real father is willing to do this, but I don't think my mother is happy about this. I have no idea if the man she put on the birth certificate is alive or not, he hasn't been in my life since I was 5.
You have to realize that the man on your birth certificate could be your legal father and is rightfully on your BC. As Mr. K alluded to, if you want to change who your father is, the person wanting to be recognized as your father is going to have to adopt you. You don't get to change who is named as your father on your BC simply by proving some other man is your biological father.