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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 183332" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>OK, I found the MN Health Dept site that gives information to hospitals re their obligations when filling out birth records: <a href="http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/chs/osr/birthreg/statutes.html" target="_blank">http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/chs/osr/birthreg/statutes.html</a></p><p></p><p>Looks like: if the parents are not married, there is no "presumption" of paternity and the father must get a court order to give the baby his last name. It doesn't specifically say what last name the baby gets, otherwise. But, since the forms filled out at the hospital must contain the mother's name, I'm not sure you have a choice on the original birth certificate as to giving the baby any other last name. I would suggest talking to the nurses in the labor & delivery unit where she is going to have the baby, they can confirm what THEY are required to do, by law. I suspect what your easy child would have to do would be to change the baby's name after the fact. You may be able to call the Dept of Vital Records and ask as well, if you can get a knowledgeble and helpful person on the phone (if it's like some of the the state employees here, good luck lol)</p><p></p><p>That's just a guess, though. Finding the name change laws is probably easier... let me know if you can't find those and I will look them up (paralegal/researcher extraordinaire, here lol)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 183332, member: 1157"] OK, I found the MN Health Dept site that gives information to hospitals re their obligations when filling out birth records: [url]http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/chs/osr/birthreg/statutes.html[/url] Looks like: if the parents are not married, there is no "presumption" of paternity and the father must get a court order to give the baby his last name. It doesn't specifically say what last name the baby gets, otherwise. But, since the forms filled out at the hospital must contain the mother's name, I'm not sure you have a choice on the original birth certificate as to giving the baby any other last name. I would suggest talking to the nurses in the labor & delivery unit where she is going to have the baby, they can confirm what THEY are required to do, by law. I suspect what your easy child would have to do would be to change the baby's name after the fact. You may be able to call the Dept of Vital Records and ask as well, if you can get a knowledgeble and helpful person on the phone (if it's like some of the the state employees here, good luck lol) That's just a guess, though. Finding the name change laws is probably easier... let me know if you can't find those and I will look them up (paralegal/researcher extraordinaire, here lol) [/QUOTE]
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