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[raincitygirl]

A propos of nothing, do both parents have to sign a baby's birth certificate? I'm just wondering because what if the parents are estranged by the time the kid is born and the father's not around, can the mother put him on the birth certificate anyway, or does he need to sign? I wonder about the weirdest things sometimes. I blame my commute. Packed in like a sardine with nothing to do but think, because it's often too crowded for me to take out my phone and google the answer to whatever question I'm wondering about. Plus, I do have a data plan, but it's not limitless. This is why I should listen to music more often on my commute. Turn off the old trivia brain.

I have a cold. Icky.

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[twistedchick]

This may be something different by country, but (in the US where I've been) I don't recall the parents having to sign anything. The presiding doctor or medical person has to sign, I think, and the official copy has the county clerk's seal. But (as I recall) the doctor or hospital take care of it.

[raincitygirl]

Interesting. Thanks.

[twistedchick]

I'm saying it that way because I did the preliminary survey for converting documents for image processing in a county clerk's office, and so I looked at a lot of documents -- and I just don't remember the parents' signatures. Names, yes. But they were typed in by someone, and the signature was that of the officiating medical person.