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    Question How to Change Father's Name on Birth Certificate in Illinois

    My question involves paternity law for the State of: I live in IL. My daughter is 6months. Her fathe on her birth certificate is not her biofather because when she was born, I stil in marriage with my husband. Now we separate and our devorce in processing.( My ex husband did our divorce paper by himself), I dont have any contact with him over a year. I want to change her father's name on birth certificate and her last name to her bio-father. Can I do that without my ex husband? Now I live with my daughter's bio-father. Do I need a lawyer to do all that or can I do it by my self. What should I do and what are these step to do that? How long does it take? Please help me. Any body has the same sistuation? Thank you so much.

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    Default Re: How to Change Father's Name on Birth Certificate in Illinois

    Is your husband going to dispute paternity during the divorce, and ask the court to find that the child was not the issue of the marriage?

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    Default Re: How to Change Father's Name on Birth Certificate in Illinois

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    Is your husband going to dispute paternity during the divorce, and ask the court to find that the child was not the issue of the marriage?
    I suspect that the soon to be ex husband is not legally savy enough to realize that he needs to disestablish paternity of the child as part of the divorce proceedings. I would strongly recommend that OP hire an attorney herself to handle the divorce, to make sure that her ex husband's paternity is disestablished.

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    Default Re: How to Change Father's Name on Birth Certificate in Illinois

    Thank you for reply. I want to change her last name and her father name. We can do the DNA test with her Bio-father and he can go to the court with us too. But the legal father may be not. He doesnt want to meet or contact with me or help go to the court. Is that possible if we can do all the change without my ex husband?

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    Default Re: How to Change Father's Name on Birth Certificate in Illinois

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    Thank you for reply. I want to change her last name and her father name. We can do the DNA test with her Bio-father and he can go to the court with us too. But the legal father may be not. He doesnt want to meet or contact with me or help go to the court. Is that possible if we can do all the change without my ex husband?
    You can force him to cooperate via the divorce, if you hire yourself an attorney to get it handled properly.

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