Acknowledge Fatherhood

[Unregistered]

I am not an US citizen, but in a two months I will give a birth in USA, in California. As I'm not in marriage with baby's father, I'm interested about whose last name does the baby take if I adduce father's last name (as baby's)? Also, the father wount be able to acknowledge fatherhood since he's not in USA.
Does he have to acknowledge fatherhood for the unborn child in our country (Greece), and will the document be juridically valid in USA?

[Unregistered]

Some kind of blood or DNA test and court ruling will be needed by him if you dispute it--if that is what you mean. It could be done in either country.

[pooh_200619]

Re: Acknowledge Fatherhood

Okay first of all if you are in the US and don't want the father to be apart of this baby then you would place the childs last name as yours If you want the father to be apart of the childs life you will place his last name on the certificate but there is a ****ch in that procedure.. Since you are in the US you are legally a US citizen and the Father would not be.. But this is the thing if you place the fathers name on the certificate and he wishes to contest that you are US and he's not then he can ask for the child to be brought back since he was conceived some where besides US..but again since you are having him here in the US you can file for custody here in the states so that he can't do that..The choice is totally up to you..You would have to make that decission on your own rather you want the fathers name on the birth certificate or yours on it..If you place his on it you can file for custody of the child and have him pay you support for the child as well but a DNA will be taken to make sure the child is his..