Mothers to name child’s father on birth certificate



Mothers to name child’s father on birth certificate
Mothers will be forced to name their child’s father on birth certificates for the first time under Government plans which will improve collection of child maintenance from absent fathers.
Mother and baby
Ministers say the plan underlines the right of all children to two parents Photo: GETTY

The 45,000 mothers who leave the father’s name blank when registering a birth each year will have to identify him unless they can prove it is “impossible, impractical or unreasonable” to do so.

Once a name is given, the potential father will be contacted and ordered to register or submit to a paternity test. If a DNA test is positive, the man’s name will be recorded on the child’s birth records.

Source http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2067197/Mothers-to-name-childs-father-on-birth-certificate.html

By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent
Published: 12:29AM BST 03 Jun 2008

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