Get Mother's Worksheet For Child's Birth Certificate

Legally you can only have one first name. However, if you particularly like the sound of multiple first names, you can hyphenate them and get the best of both worlds.

Re-register your child's birth to add the natural father's details to the birth record. The form you fill in depends on whether: you marry or form a civil partnership with the natural father after your child's birth was registered - you must re-register the birth by law.

It is not illegal for a mother not to put the father's name on the birth certificate. A father's name does not have to be added at the time of registering the birth.

Federal appeals court rules that both parents in same-sex relationship can be listed on their child's birth certificates.

The details of both parents can be included on the birth certificate if one of the following happens: they sign the birth register together. one parent completes a statutory declaration of parentage form and the other takes the signed form to register the birth.

All births in England, Wales and Northern Ireland must be registered within 42 days of the child being born. You should do this at the local register office for the area where the baby was born or at the hospital before the mother leaves. The hospital will tell you if you can register the birth there.

Your baby will normally be given your surname or the father's surname (even if you were not married to each other and the father does not attend with you). However, you may give the baby any surname including a combination of surnames.

Full birth certificate Gives all details entered in the register: name, gender, date and place of birth. father's name (if given at time of registration), place of birth and occupation. mother's name, place of birth, maiden surname and, after 1984, occupation.