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Darkroot · 2023-04-27T11:07:09+00:00

First of all, ridiculous, why am I being made to do this? Secondly, does anyone know if I get their original birth certificates back or are they lost for ever?

13Bastards · 27/04/2023 17:30

I've never even heard of this happening! Asked DP and he never did with his exW and their kid either- also diddnt know it was a thing

wizbit93 · 27/04/2023 17:37

I did it. We were told at the wedding to re-register ds, so we did when we later registered dd. They kept the original certificate, I was gutted!
However, the new birth certificate also has the new date of registration (in our case 3 years later). I process DBS ID at work and we can only accept a birth certificate as ID if it has been issued within 12 months of the birth, so DS would have to use some other form of ID.

Milkand2sugarsplease · 27/04/2023 17:39

I was told I'd have to do it when we registered his birth but that they weren't doing those appointments at the time because of covid. I've never been back to check whether they've restarted the appointments and it's not high up on my to do list for any time soon.

YetMoreNewBeginnings · 27/04/2023 17:52

Blondeshavemorefun · 27/04/2023 17:05

are you sure ? Only as we did this earlier this year and last told us it was still needed to be done

even tho will be no more mini extra blonde siblings

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It’s still the law that it should be done and you could still get the £2 fine.

The law on inheritance and parental responsibility has changed massively though.

By being on the birth certificate the father is the legally recognised father. That means now that the child is entitled to inherit.

Same as now the father automatically gets PR by signing the cert. Previously unmarried fathers had to be given PR by court or marrying the mother, even if they were on the BC.

LynetteScavo · 27/04/2023 18:11

It is indeed like re-writing history- the registrar said "the first birth certificate will never be referred to again" or something similar, in a very solemn manner when I re- registered my DC I got married shortly after they were born, so I was happy to pop back in to do it.

I didn't know it was a legal requirement, I was told by several (unofficial) people I didn't have to, but did it anyway.

Blondeshavemorefun · 27/04/2023 18:11

This is what I found when we did it

Has anyone had to reregister their DC after getting married?

ArcticSkewer · 27/04/2023 18:18

wizbit93 · 27/04/2023 17:37

I did it. We were told at the wedding to re-register ds, so we did when we later registered dd. They kept the original certificate, I was gutted!
However, the new birth certificate also has the new date of registration (in our case 3 years later). I process DBS ID at work and we can only accept a birth certificate as ID if it has been issued within 12 months of the birth, so DS would have to use some other form of ID.

Ah I was also wondering about that! That's quite inconvenient.

FannythePinkFlamingo · 27/04/2023 18:23

We were told to do it, but pretty sure we forgot. DC are now 25 and 23 so not sure it matters now.

LittlePoBeep · 27/04/2023 18:27

When my youngest was born, we weren't married but double-barrelled DC's surname. We were told that if we married (which we did) we'd have to re register the birth (which we didn't). Registrar said there's a £1000 fine if you don't but nobody ever bothers but she had to make us aware.

bakewellbride · 27/04/2023 19:24

We did it with ds, was very straightforward and quick. They let us keep the original birth certificate too.

Ortiguilla · 27/04/2023 19:34

Sometherusername · 27/04/2023 17:05

(or my name, or his name)

whose name does your child have?

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 27/04/2023 19:41

I've never heard of this and DD was 8 when we got married nearly 2 years ago

Daisychainsandglitter · 27/04/2023 20:25

I had to do it with DD1. Had to go to the register office. Took around 20 mins.

Soubriquet · 27/04/2023 20:26

I never did this. Was never even told this!!

I’ve been married 10 years in July, and we have a 10 year old dd who was born in March

sparklelikeadiamond · 27/04/2023 20:37

We did it. Baby had my name at birth then we changed it to my married name when we re-registered the birth. Not a chance my baby was having a different name to me at birth!

Sometherusername · 27/04/2023 20:41

@Ortiguilla

Sigh. Mine.

Do I pass the mumsnet test?

Duckingella · 27/04/2023 23:33

ArcticSkewer · 27/04/2023 12:18

They just have to tell you, that's their job.
I really wouldn't bother - it has zero impact on anything.

That's not true;We didn't do this and it's currently biting us on the arse;DS 19 is trying to get a passport and it's causing issues with the paperwork.

Luredbyapomegranate · 27/04/2023 23:37

No one does that anymore OP

You might as well practice archery on the common

NameChangingIsMySuperPower · 27/04/2023 23:53

I got told by the registrar when I registered to get married but never bothered. My son is 18 now. Apparently you can get fined for not changing the birth certificate (£20 or something) but not sure I can change it now he's an adult anyway!

NameChangingIsMySuperPower · 27/04/2023 23:55

@Duckingella is it his first passport?

I didn't have an issue getting my sim a passport as a child? He's now 18 and it will need renewing at the end of the year. Should I be worried?! He has the same last name as me and his dad.

DontMakeMeShushYou · 28/04/2023 00:12

NameChangingIsMySuperPower · 27/04/2023 23:55

@Duckingella is it his first passport?

I didn't have an issue getting my sim a passport as a child? He's now 18 and it will need renewing at the end of the year. Should I be worried?! He has the same last name as me and his dad.

I've never had a problem with getting any of the passports my son has had (3 of them). I maybe sent a copy of my marriage certificate the first time, although my passport would have still been in my maiden name when we applied for his first.

Suchardchoccy · 28/04/2023 00:20

I had to do it with my daughter, we got married two months after she was born and it was a hassle but we were told we had to do it. We just got a new birth certificate, it was quite annoying actually. I would say do it just in case you get told off, once it's done it's done

YetMoreNewBeginnings · 28/04/2023 00:57

Duckingella · 27/04/2023 23:33

That's not true;We didn't do this and it's currently biting us on the arse;DS 19 is trying to get a passport and it's causing issues with the paperwork.

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What problem is that specifically causing with the passport?

It really should make no difference to any baby registered after Dec 2003 when the rules on PR changed for unmarried fathers.

shieldmaiden7 · 28/04/2023 01:04

I heard it's something to do with inheritance and to make sure all children have equal rights to their inheritance. I've done it in the past when I got married to my exdh after my eldest was born and I'll do it this time round when I register the birth when baby is born for my older DC at the same time as we got married just after he was born and I'm due October.

YetMoreNewBeginnings · 28/04/2023 01:09

shieldmaiden7 · 28/04/2023 01:04

I heard it's something to do with inheritance and to make sure all children have equal rights to their inheritance. I've done it in the past when I got married to my exdh after my eldest was born and I'll do it this time round when I register the birth when baby is born for my older DC at the same time as we got married just after he was born and I'm due October.

That used to be a factor. Children were only legally properly recognised as the offspring of an unmarried man if he went to court, or then married the mother.

That hasn’t been the case since 2003 and the man signing the birth certificate is the “proof” now that they are theirs and therefore the child would inherit (if there was no will for example)