Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

My grandfather wants to adopt my daughter. Do I have to sign over all my legal rights as a parent or can he just be added to the birth certificate, since her father isn't listed on birth certificate


Asked on 9/28/09, 6:24 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark Dunn Mark D. Dunn

There's no such thing as adding somebody to a birth certificate, unless it's the actual biological father or someone who adopts. To put a random person's name on the birth certificate (someone who isn't a parent) would simply be a lie.

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Answered on 10/08/09, 6:31 pm


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