Amendment Form For Birth Certificate In California
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After a child is adopted, a new “amended birth certificate” will be issued. Instead of the biological parents' names, the new birth certificate will have the names of the adoptive parents. The amended birth certificate will also include the child's new name, if their name is being changed.
You may contact CDPH-VR Customer Service Unit by email at AmendVR@cdph.ca or telephone at (916) 445-2684.
Once paternity has been officially and legally established, the parents may add the father's name to the birth certificate by requesting form VS 22, Application to Amend a Birth Record-Acknowledgment of Paternity, from their county's Local Registrar of Births and Deaths.
Use the Amendment of Parentage (VS 21) form to add, remove, or replace a parent listed on a California Birth Certificate. A second parent can be added without a court order IF all the following are true: You are adding the second parent to a blank field on the current birth certificate.
A mother may not legally remove a biological father from the birth certificate, for example, simply for being an absentee father. More would be required. In California, amending a birth certificate to change the father requires a court order in most situations.
Q: How long does it take to change a birth record by the State after it has been registered? A: It usually takes 4-6 weeks for the State Office of Vital Records to process an amended record.
A: It usually takes 4-6 weeks for the State Office of Vital Records to process an amended record. It is especially IMPORTANT to be sure all information given to Hospital Staff at the time of birth is accurate due to the time involved to process the correction at the State level.
If he happens to be unavailable—or he does not want to be involved with the child or he does not want his name on the birth certificate, you can leave the birth father's name as UNKNOWN on the birth certificate.
If you want to change a parent who was listed on the child's original birth certificate, that must be done through the court system. This is referred to as an “adjudication” – the court will decide (adjudicate) the existence or nonexistence of the parent and child relationship.
To change a parent listed, you must petition the Superior Court. For more information on this process, please call the CDPH-VR Customer Service Unit at (916) 445-2684 and request the pamphlet entitled “Adjudication of Facts of Parentage” (or you can download the pamphlet from the CDPH-VR website).
