Is it legal to put both same-sex parents names on their child's birth certificate?

My partner has a non-gender specific name, so I don't think that Vital Statistics would notice, but is this legal or would it complicate things?

Is it legal to put both same-sex parents names on their child's birth certificate?
I don't think you can do that. You have to put the father's name on the BC or leave it blank. And, the non gender specific name is null and void. If you're not married and you want 2 names on BC-- the other party has to sign a paternity form. The person making the certificate probably won't allow-- because it must be male and female. Sorry.
Reply:It is not accurate and your child deserves "the truth". You have made decisions for yourself by choice but your child deserves facts and truth. It may save the child's life someday or their child's life to know biological history.





It's not a matter of social or legal acceptance, it's a matter of fact and offering your child honesty.
Reply:It's not legal, and to be honest it is in the child's best interest to have the biological parents listed on the birth certificate for the sake of knowing what illnesses to watch out for. For example the father's side could be at risk for breast cancer or sickle cell or high blood pressure or many other illnesses that can follow the family line.





Plus, if you were to ever try and use it for a joint custody claim odds are the child would be taken from the home and the both of you could be doing time in the slammer. Kinda negates the benefits of it.





As for the novelty of having both parents on the birth certificate, a birth certificate is not about who the parents are. It's so that the government knows who got who knocked up.
Reply:If you knowingly "lie" on a legal document like a birth certificate, that is considered fraud and not legal.





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Birth certificates in most states list mother and father not parent #1 and parent #2. Knowingly putting down a name that is neither the mother or the father of a child is fraud.
Reply:I believe that only the known biological parents are permitted on the birth certificate with non-biological parents being noted in another manner.
Reply:I think you could actually get a away w/ it.











GOD BLESS
Reply:People do it here in TN i know a girl who gave her gfs child her last name...soo i doubt it really matters if you do!!