removing fathers name

[twinx]

My fiancee and i planned to hav a baby so i done everything properly like checking when i was ovulating to make sure it happened. We found out i was pregnant and i was 5 weeks gone. He cheated on me with my best mate and left me when i was 8 weeks gone. I got into another relationship and he was with me through out the whole pregnancy but left me when my baby was 2 months old. I made the mistake of putting his name on the birth certificate and he doesn't have anything to do with my baby. I'd prefer my son to see no name under the father rather than someone who's not around. How could i get it taken off?

[B00]

Can I just ask........why on earth would you put someone's name down as the father when they in fact wasn't?

And, now I could be wrong here, but I don't think you can remove a name from a birth certificate.

[Siamsal]

Isn't it an offence the knowingly lie when completing a birth certificate? It certainly is on a marriage or death cert. If i were u i'd keep very quiet about it.

[RATTER15]

This could cause problems if you try claiming benefit, who will you say the father is, and I believe you must tell all or you will be denied benefits.

I suggest you go and see a solicitor

Such a silly thing to do!!

[PinkFizz]

I think you may have problems,apart from the fact that you have lied on the certificate,how on earth are you going to convince your child when they are older that the man you have named on the birth certificate isnt really the father at all!!

[Buenchico]

Contact the register office where the birth was registered. Don't tell them that you deliberately lied when you filled in the forms. Simply state that you were confused and you made an error. It should then be possible to get the birth record amended:
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/births/canic hangethebirthrecordatalaterdate/birth3a.asp

Chris

[PinkFizz]

Unless Im being daft,couldn't a woman then put absolutely anybody on the birth dertificate?? Doesn't the guy have to be there to sigh it??

[B00]

Hiya pinkfizz...

My knowledge of how the system work is very sketchy to say the least but I always understood it that if you were married then no, the man doesn't have to be there. However if you're not married then yes the partner has to be there.

from what twinx has said it does appear that partner number 2 was willing to be named as the father, though God only knows why.

I'm willing to bet that twinx is now bitterly regretting this act of silliness, I just hope that she can sort it out for the babies sake- imagine the confusion when he/she is older!!!