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Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity The purpose of this service is to add a father's name to a child's birth certificate. If the mother and father were not married at the time of the child's birth, the father's name does not automatically go on the birth certificate.

The child support office can schedule DNA testing to determine whether or not the individual is the father. After positive DNA testing results are returned to the local child support office from the certified DNA lab, paternity will be established through court order.

Signing the paternity form is voluntary. If parents are unmarried at the time of their child's birth, the mother is presumed to have custody. Legal parents have the right to have a relationship with their child and to visit their child. Once a father acknowledges paternity, he gains these rights.

If you are requesting a copy of a birth certificate or VAoP, or need to know how to change a name on a birth certificate, contact the Tennessee Office of Vital Records at 615-741-1763, or visit their website .

Unless the father and mother agree to the entry of an order of parentage, paternity may be established or rebutted by filing a paternity suit in the proper Tennessee court. A mother, the child, a man claiming to be the father or the Tennessee Department of Human Services can initiate such a suit.

Establishing Paternity in Tennessee In Tennessee, paternity is assumed when you are married, meaning in the court's eyes that you are the legal and biological father of the child in question. Therefore, if you are married to your child's mother, you will not have to take any further steps to establish paternity.