A man told me he had to adopt his own biological daughter. Is this true?

Question

He said it was because he wasn't married to her mother wnen she was born. The purpose was so the girl could use his last name. Has anyone ever heard of this. It doesn't sound true.

Answer 1

if they weren't married at the time of the birth and no father was listed, yes, it's possible.

I am a child of this very same predicament. My biological father "adopted" me when I was 3; I was born under my mother's maiden name and couldn't be changed to my father's last name unless he took legal responsibility for me.

Answer 2

I know a woman who cheated on her live-in boyfriend, got pregnant, then had the live-in boyfriend's name put on the birth certificate so his family wouldn't know the child wasn't his. If this is the case, then I can see where the biological father might need to adopt his own child, but it doesn't sound right since a DNA test would prove who the father is. If it's just because they aren't married, I don't know of any states who would make the father adopt the child in order to use his name. I've known plenty of cases where all the father had to do was acknowledge paternity, and married or not, if the parents request it then the last name is that of the father. HOWEVER, this used to not be the case. It used to be that if the parents weren't married, the child automatically took the mother's last name. So if this is an older man with a now middle-aged child, it could be true.

Answer 3

Normally the procedure is if the parents are not married, the father can sign the birth certificate at the time of birth. When a child support order is put in place, he has the right ot a DNA test or he can deny the need and the child carries his name. If the DNA is prove to be his child at that time he can have the child given his last name. I have never heard of a man having to adopt his own child. God bless****

Answer 4

under certain circumstances it is like when a woman is married to someone has a baby with someone else then the real father would have to adopt. But if he just isnt married no its not true the mother can use his last name for the baby and he can be put on the Birth Certificate

Answer 5

I know someone else who had to adopt their own biological child. Here's 1 good example of when a man would have to adopt. Majority of states have a law which states that a child born to a married woman is the child of her husband (even if its not). Its called the "Lord Mansfield Law." If the woman divorced her husband the child's biological father could adopt but only if the woman's ex-husband agreed to it. Many husbands don't know that their not the father & love the child as if its their own.

Answer 6

No, I've never heard of it. Most courts will order the birth certificate changed to reflect the father's name as well. I've never heard of a biological father adopting his own biological child.

Answer 7

The mother didn't put his name on the birth Certificate. I think just a blood test is enough and if she is yours than I don't see why you would have to adopt your own child. The name can be changed in court by atty. if you can prove you are the biological
father. If your name is on that Birth Certificate as the father you don't have to do ANYTHING JUST TAKE HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE TO WHEREVER YOU NEED HER NAME CHANGED.

Answer 8

I know that in the state of Missouri, and a lot of the bible belt, a man cannot be listed on the birth cert unless he is married to the mother.

Answer 9

If his name was on the birth certificate, he did not have to adopt her. Sounds a little strange.

Answer 10

It is true my sister made her husband do it cause he would not marry her when she got p.g.she gave her son her last name and left the father spot empty.