Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia

I had a daughter 13 years ago as an unwed mother.The biological father cut all communication upon finding out my pregnancy.My best friend(used to be boyfriend) decided he wanted to take on role as father and signed birth certificate and raised her.Years later his health declined due to diabetes and blindness and could no longer financially support her.So I applied for child support through her biological father which I NEVER get,and just this December the guy that raised her as his passed away.My question is...can she draw off of his social security since he was on the certificate and thought of her as his and she does have his last name?Let me add that when I did file for support the bio father did have to take a dna test.But hes not through child support anymore because he never paid.I dropped it.And also if she is allowed how do I go about without his ss# because he had no family to get it from.Please help and thanks


Asked on 8/31/11, 3:09 am

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Samuel Mutch Samuel A. Mutch, P.A.

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Answered on 8/31/11, 6:13 am
Glen Ashman Ashman Law Office also dba Glen Ashman Attorney

Falsifying a birth certificate is a crime. Your following up after that with the real father and filing a child support case would likely create an additional crime when you committed perjury on the social security paperwork. To attempt to get money through criminal activity from Social Security is obviously improper. But you should of course restart the child support case against the real father.

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Answered on 8/31/11, 6:35 am


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