Legal Question in Family Law in Indiana

ok my question is this: my husband and ex-girlfriend had a daughter born 01-01-93; they didn't do a paternity test (or attempted to) until october of 1999 and they didn't go through the paternity testing--it was "stipulated" that he was the father and that it was agreed by both the father and the mother that her name was to be changed on her birth certificate with my husbands' name. i am now a new member of the indiana army reserve national guard and they had told me that i can add her, as my stepdaughter, to my insurance through the guard. the problems are that #1--her mom, after 10 years, had not changed her birth certificate, or her social security, in which i need both to add her (she claims that she didn't think my husband would ever need it) and #2-when he started paying child support and her medical insurance (right after the court order 10 years ago), his insurance is showing his daughter on there under the "new name" that it should've been changed to 10 years ago; now, her mom is now refusing to get it changed and i am now afraid that this is going to get my husband in trouble with his insurance company because of the name difference; is there any thing that i or my husband can do about the situation? would this cause problems with his insurance company? this all took place in madison county indiana and we all still live in indiana.


Asked on 2/05/10, 5:40 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

A name is just a name. Show the paternity order, that should be enough. Also, there is nothing that I know of tht prevents your husband from sending a copy of that order to the Indian Dept. of Health and getting the name changed on the birth certificate.

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Answered on 2/10/10, 5:56 am


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