Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia

Signing the birth certificate alone is not enough.

One can legitimize a child two ways. One is in court.

The other, for children born after July 1st, 2005, involves simply by filling out the same form that establishes paternity, if both parents agree. Fathers who established paternity before July 1st will still have to take a separate court action to legitimate their relationship to the child. Said Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment Form can be signed

a. at the hospital when the child is born, or later at either

b. the State Office of Vital Records in Atlanta or

c. the Vital Records Office in the county where the child was born;