A woman who gave birth to a child out of wedlock has several options for registering a baby. Questions often arise as to whether it is necessary to enter data about the father in the birth certificate, as well as what surname and patronymic to assign to the newborn.
Instructions
Step 1
A woman is considered a single mother if she gave birth to a child out of wedlock, was not married for 300 days before the birth of the baby, and also does not intend to establish the paternity of the newborn.
Step 2
To issue a birth certificate for a child, prepare all the necessary documents. You will need your internal passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, as well as a certificate of the birth of a child, which should have been issued to you upon discharge from the hospital.
Step 3
Contact the nearest registry office. A child's birth certificate can be issued to you at any institution, regardless of where you are registered. The registry office will give you the necessary forms, where you will have to indicate the name of your child and, if desired, enter the details of the father.
Step 4
If you are not officially married, you have the right to put a dash in the column "father". In this case, your surname will be assigned to the baby, and you can choose the name and patronymic as you wish.
Step 5
Also, the father can be entered in the child's birth certificate according to the mother. In this case, the father's surname is indicated the same as that of the mother, regardless of what the father's name is in reality. The name and patronymic of the pope are entered as the woman indicated in the application. In this case, the child's patronymic is recorded as derived from the name of the recorded father.
Step 6
Such a birth certificate does not differ in any way from a document issued by both parents. The father, entered in the birth certificate according to the mother, has no legal right to the child, and also does not bear material responsibility for him. Therefore, despite the record of the dad in the birth certificate, the woman will be recognized as a single mother and will have the right to claim all benefits and benefits provided by law for single mothers.
Step 7
Most children do not know what is written in their documents. Therefore, it makes no sense to enter data about a non-existent dad in the certificate for the sake of the baby's peace of mind.
Step 8
To avoid problems when traveling abroad and drawing up documents, as well as to confirm the status of a single mother, keep a certificate from the registry office, which will indicate that the father was entered on the birth certificate from your words.
Step 9
The document must be drawn up within a month after the birth of the child. Usually, a baby's birth certificate is issued to the mother on the day of contacting the registry office, and its registration takes no more than an hour.
Step 10
In the future, if you and the child's dad come to a decision to establish paternity, you will be able to draw up an appropriate document in the registry office, as well as, if you wish, amend the child's surname and patronymic.
