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If all three parties (mother, husband and child's father) are willing, they may complete a Three-Way Paternity Affidavit (VS-8C). This form allows the husband to deny that he is the father of the child and then allows the mother and the child's biological father to acknowledge paternity.

In cases in which a child is born to unmarried parents, the father and mother must both sign an ?Affidavit of Paternity?. Once signed and filed with the Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, only then can the father's name added to the child's birth certificate.

How do I establish paternity? There are 2 basic ways that unmarried couples with a baby can establish paternity: both parents can sign a Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity (VAP) someone files a paternity lawsuit in district court and the judge decides paternity.

When a child is born to unmarried parents in Kentucky, paternity must be established before the father has any rights to visitation or custody. However, if a man is listed on the child's birth certificate, the Court will then assume that that named individual is the child's biological father.

If the mother is married when the child is born, her husband is seen as the legal father of the child. If the mother is not married when the child is born, you have to establish paternity.

Parents who are not married and who did not have the father's name listed on the birth certificate at the hospital may want to legally establish paternity by completing a paternity affidavit at the Health Department's county health centers.