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    Default Removing My Name from a Birth Certificate

    My question involves name change laws in the State of: Florida
    When I was young and dumb, I was married to a woman who had a 5 yr old daughter when we met and I thought we were going to be together forever. The child did not have a father listed on her birth certificate, so I signed it saying I was the father, I AM NOT THE ONE. Now the child is 21 and I do not wish to be associated with her anymore. Can my name be removed from her birth certificate as the father?

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    Default Re: Removing My Name from a Birth Certificate

    You don't really want to go up in front of the judge and acknowledge that you committed fraud, do you?

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    Default Re: Removing My Name from a Birth Certificate

    Disestablishment of paternity in Florida is a matter of statute, Florida Statutes Sec. 742.18. You must attest that "newly discovered evidence relating to the paternity of the child has come to the petitioner's knowledge since the initial paternity determination or establishment of a child support obligation". That's pretty much an impossible standard for you to meet. The joy is, she's 21 so you don't have to have anything to do with her unless you so choose.

    After sixteen years, it's reasonable to assume that the statute of limitations has run on any potential fraud or perjury charge, even if charges were likely in the absence that the fraud was used to obtain public assistance.

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