birth certificate question

[val_mommy2b]

Sooooo my bf is leaving for basic training November 12 and won't be back until March and I'm due December 8. I asked my doctor about him signing the birth certificate and he told me to ask the hospital in the book they gave me for preregistration it says that b/c we aren't not married he has to sign paternity papers well my question is do I call L&D and ask or hospital administration or something????

[val_mommy2b]

He's in the Army but they told him he has to have the baby's bc and ss# in order to put her on his insurance I don't qualify for any "state benefits" or whatever so baby can't get insurance through the state ugh this s-ucks and it's stressful. baby could come anytime between Thanksgiving and maybe the first week of December he gon be gone ugh and won't be back until March. I really dislike the military sometimes.....oh well I will call see what they say and just wait it out I guess

[teregarcalva]

I highly doubt it could be done before.
What service is he in? By basic training do you mean booycamp?
You may just have to get it all done after he comes home and get baby some type of temporary insurance. When my husband left for Marine bootcamp he couldn't sign our then 2 year old up for anything until he graduated. They did how ever cover any medical bill that our son had since the first day my husband was in bootcamp. It may be different depending on the branch. With the Marines they're super strict and don't allow any contact with the outside world unless it's through letters up until they graduate. He needs to talk to someone familiar with this.

[danika0913]

Im pretty confident it can only be signed after the baby is born. But you could call and check.

[1st_time_momma]

I would call l&d about that one idk how that works I'm sorry

[val_mommy2b]

The question now is could it all be done before he leaves. Could he sign whatever papers he needs to sign before or do we necessarily have to wait until after the baby is born???

[1st_time_momma]

They give u a recognition of parentage form that u sign n get motorized n u send to him n he has to sign it in front of a notorizer to get it motorized and they should send it to the county courthouse to upday the birth certificate. That's what I had to do when my husband was incarcerated

[danika0913]

With my first my hubby and i weren't married. He had to sign paternity papers then sign the birth certificate. Not sure about your state but the paternity papers were called parent recognition forms. Basically i had to give him rights to our son so he could sign the birth certificate.

[teregarcalva]

I'm sure he has to sign something in order for babies benefits to kick in. I'm guessing your boyfriend is in the military? If so he has to sign all the paperwork since you two aren't married your boyfriend is the sponsor and your son is his dependant so check in with deers too.

[teregarcalva]

Me and my husband both signed our sons birth certificate but it may depend on the hospital. I'd talk to L&D they'd know more.

[Galvez]

wen I had my daughter dad didn't have to sign anything they just asked me to fill everything out n on it had the option to put dads name on the birth certificate n I just filled it inn n. 30days later we had to go pick it up

[rasberryxtreme]

When we did ours last week my bf signed the paperwork but didn't have to sign anything for paternity...then once we got homewe had to mail another form to actually receive the birth certificate. I live in Oregon, not sure how it varies from state to state.

[hthompson1228]

I would ask L & D because you do them papers before you leave the house.