Can I have my fathers name removed from my birth certificate?

Question

I am 25 years old. My mother raised me primarily on her own with very little help from my father. As an adult, I don't want to have anything to do with this man (or his crazy family that keeps trying to contact me). Can I have his name removed from my birth certificate?

Thanks.

Answer 1

no you cant just dont talk to him or his family getting him removed from your birth certificate isnt going to change anything

Answer 2

Yeah.

White out.

Answer 3

I think that is very extreme. Why do you want to remove it? I think its a very hard thing to do, but since you are 25 there is no real reason to remove it. You could, a lot easier I think, get your name changed by deed poll? Getting your name changed might have more of an effect on your everyday happiness rather than chnging one piece of paper that you would probably never look at or use again.

Answer 4

no....

Answer 5

One of the offices branched from the government (Probably the state you were born in.) should be able to remove it. Unfortunately you have to pay alot of money.

Answer 6

no  but why he still be your dad after you do it .as people say you don't need a piece of paper to hate some one  

Answer 7

I wish I could do this but unfortunately you cannot change that biologically he is who he is however, what makes a father isn't the ability to put sperm into a female.  The only way you can respect him is by letting him alone.  Get restraining orders if the family gets too obtrusive.

Answer 8

No unless maybe he signs his rights away but i doubt it, just taking away his name from your child is not going to change the fact that he is the father and his crazy family is your son's family.

Answer 9

no sorry thats one thing you cant do. sucks but the way it is. my mom tried doing that

Answer 10

dude... that's pretty harsh. You have to be open minded, if they want to contact you, they obviously want to reconcile. I know it was probably hard for you growing up, but my father died when i was 13 and I found it hard. I lost all contact with my grandparents who just stopped speaking to us and didn't help us at all. Then they tried to contact me again, and i was stubborn at first but I found that they felt rotten after they hadn't helped me and were racked with grief.

I feel that this might be the same sort of situation with you. Instead of just disowning your father, try to find out why he did what he did, and try to help him, or get to know him instead of just being piggy.

Good Luck!

Answer 11

Possibly. But we can't choose our parents at the end of the day. Nor do you have the decision of who your parents screwed. I hate my father, yet I just accept it and keep my distance.

Answer 12

Unfortunately no, it gives you  the s***s doesn't it, I mean the b******s don't do anything positive but yet people like you and me have to have  their names on a piece of paper, how annoying.

I looked into it through the local courts, and there is nothing I can do, not legally anyway.

I guess we are stuck with the idiots names.

Although what I did once was photocopied my b/c and then on the duplicate one i used liquid paper and left it blank, and photocopied those.  That only helps for a while, until you need it for legal documentations.

If  you come up with something better, please let me know. So then I can get rid of the deadbeats name, just looking at it makes me feel sick.

Good Luck, and sorry about going on about mine.

Min :-)

Answer 13

I know that in australia, it can be done if you go through a name change but I don't think you can take it off any other way.  

Answer 14

u probs can

cos u can like change ur name and stuff

but, ohh ur poor dad, i no that he didnt raise u and evrything, but if he is trying 2 get in conctact with u, mayb u shood just give him a chance?

i no u didnt ask a question about this, sorry

Answer 15

Yeah I think you can, I know people who have gotten their names changed.

Answer 16

Sorry, your birth certificate cannot be touched. You may only do this with Social Security, fill out a form for a name change, then take your new card to the DMV for a new license, and update your bank, your school, your work... Just like someone who marries and takes her husband's surname.