To re-register DD's birth with DP named as father instead of him adopting her and all the hassle which goes with that?

[WeakCough]

I have a 10 year old DD who adores my DP and says he is the 'best Dad ever', etc etc. DP has expressed a wish to adopt her as I am 35 weeks pregnant and we would love to be a complete family.
DD has discussed this and would love for DP to be her 'real' dad (she knows he is not biologically).
She has never met her bio dad and he in turn does not wish to have any contact- I have given him numerous opportunities and choices over the years and he has only ever responded once to say he doesn't want to know.
There is no father named on DD's birth certificate and it strikes me that it is a much easier process to just name DP as the father on DD's birth certificate and re-register her birth- i stumbled across the info when looking at forms for DP to go and register our new baby's birth.
Can anyone see any potential problems with this? Is it morally wrong (everyone concerned knows the actual situation, nobody is being deceived- just would be so much easier!)

Cold her dc's are 06 and 07 and both dads are named but apparently neither have pr,

If it was Scotland it's only possible for the elder ones dad to not have pr

Sorry born in not aged

You do not have to have PR to have a contact order. Judges do put off awarding PR in some cases while a contact order is set up and contact is initiated, then the issue of PR is looked at again at a later date. In your ex's case it wasn't necessary to apply for PR in order to get contact.

Brandy did you add the father's name without him being present? Were you married?

tbh she'd be better with no father on her birth cert or via adoption when it comes to financing a university placement.

Universities go on household income don't they? So if she is living with her mum and step dad when she goes to university, they will take step dad's income into account for financial purposes whether he has no PR, has PR or has adopted her.

I had to adopt DS - he is my partner's bio child and we had him through and anonymous sperm donor, but at the time same sex partners had no rights. I did get a PR order (cost nothing and paperwork was easy) and then did a stepparents adoption. Main driver was I didn't trust DW's family not to go for custody if anything happened to her. Obviously ours was more straightforward as no other bio parent to consider. DW didn't have to adopt him (though adoption cert over rides birth certificate) and there was no risk of him being taken away and adopted by someone else through to admin error. Our SW was fantastic - really friendly, supportive and brilliant through our adoption. The day we went to the family court and had it all made legal was fantastic. I highly recommend doing it properly.

Choc

If you are not married you cannot put the dad on the birth cert without him unless he has signed a declaration confirming he is the dad and consents to being on it.

Doing it that way would still give him pr

Yes, I'm aware of that Socks. I was just curious about the actual circumstances regarding the signing of the BC and whether the father was present and told he wouldn't have PR as well. The registrar didn't know the laws regarding BCs and PR apparently, so I was wondering whether anything else happened wrongly, like allowing the father to be added without him being present.

He is bringing her up.....he loves her and she loves him....he is her real dad then. Anyone can be a sperm donor but it takes a special man to be a real dad.

You dont need a piece of paper to solidify that!

If you want to do it officially though then no, you can't lie, you need to go through the correct procedures if it is that important to you all.