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    Default Hospital Put Wrong Name on Birth Certificate

    My question involves name change laws in the State of: arkansas

    When my daughter was born the hospital out my last name instead of my soon to be husband and her father's last name. i need to get her last name changed but don't know how to go about it. what is the process i need to take?

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    Default Re: Hospital Put Wrong Name on Birth Certificate

    Was the father's name listed on the birth certificate at that time, or was his name added later? If his name was added later, by what process? (Or, if his name hasn't been added, what's the plan?)

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    Default Re: Hospital Put Wrong Name on Birth Certificate

    as far as i know his name is on the birth certificate. i didn't know her name was wrong until i went to find out why i had not gotten her birth certificate and her social security card. i want to change her last name to my now married name and her fathers last name i just don't know how to go about it.

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    Default Re: Hospital Put Wrong Name on Birth Certificate

    In any situation, a last name change will require a change of records WITH a court order.

    Go to your local county court and ask the clerk there for a petition for change of name. Here is a nice document explaining the process courtesy of Arkansas Legal Services Partnership.

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    Default Last name on Birth certificate

    Hi! A friend of mine is in a situation in which a girl claims she has his child. He never signed the Birth certificate however the child has his last name. We live in NY. Are you able to write any last name on the birth certificate when you fill out the forms? I'm curious because I know of another case like that in which the guy was the father and the child had his last name but his name is not in the child's birth certificate. Is that permissible?

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