Birth registration
Registering the birth of your child
The birth should be registered within 42 days (six weeks) of the baby
being born.
All original birth certificates require the details of the biological mother and where possible the biological father.
Birth registration is also tied up with Parental Responsibility. Parental Responsibility is something that all mothers have automatically and all fathers if they are present at birth registration or if they were married to the mother at the time of birth.
Who should register the birth?
If the mother and father were married at the time of the birth, either can register the birth on their own.
If the mother and father are unmarried, responsibility for registering the birth is the mother’s.
If an unmarried father is not present and does not sign the register, his details will not be included on the birth certificate (and he will not gain Parental Responsibility for his child), unless:
1)
He makes a statutory declaration acknowledging that he is the father,
which the mother must give to the registrar, or
2)
A parental responsibility agreement or court order has been made and this document
is presented at the register office.
An
unmarried father may register the birth of his child without the mother
if:
1)
She makes a statutory declaration acknowledging him as the father
of the child, or
2)
He brings along a parental responsibility agreement or a court order.
An unmarried father may have his details included at a later date
by re-registering the birth.
Further information
For more information go to the General
Register Office website.
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