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No Father Listed If no father is listed on the birth record, the child's father must provide certain kinds of documentation to have the certificate changed. The father can provide both: A completed application to add a father and. A court order naming them as the father.

To correct or change a Michigan birth certificate you must apply through the mail. Please complete the applicable application below and mail to the address on the top of the application along with a copy of your photo identification, application fee and required documentation.

Affidavit of Parentage records are on file in the Central Paternity Registry since June 1, 1997 and can be ordered from the State Office. Records prior to that date would have to be obtained from the court where they were filed. Personal check or money order should be made payable to State of Michigan.

If your petition is approved, the judge will complete and sign the order changing your name. The order is one of the documents that you can get by using the Do-It-Yourself Name Change tool. There is a $10 fee to have the court enter the order. A certified copy of the order costs another $11.

PAYMENT- The fee for adding the father's name and information to a Michigan birth record is $50.00 and includes one copy of the record with the changes made. Additional copies of the new record are available for $16.00 each when ordered at the same time.

To correct or change a Michigan birth certificate you must apply through the mail. Please complete the applicable application below and mail to the address on the top of the application along with a copy of your photo identification, application fee and required documentation.