Registrar advised us to illigitimise DS.

[Madamecastafiore]

Just thought would let you guys know.

Went to register dd and the registrar asked us about the other kids. Told her DS was born before we were married but DH in birth certificate. She advised us to do some sort of re registering manoeuvre or could cause issues with inheritance etc later on in his life.

Felt quite sad that they used the word illigitimise .

Or ligitimise??

It's just a legal thing to protect your son and it will make them all equal in the eyes of the law so their can be no arguments over inheritance, I have worked in the insurance for years and the sad truth is inheritance can split families best to have them all in the same position so they never need to deal with the who gets what situation

It's a bit of law that is nigh on redundant but still exists. Yes, if you marry the father of your DC, you are meant to re-register their births to show the DC are children of the marriage. This makes no practical difference if you remain in UK, but might matter if you move overseas.

The terms seem very outdated now, but are legally correct.

We were also asked to do this. I'm not getting round to it because it just seems to me to be some outdated way of casting shame upon unmarried couples, and I'm not ashamed of how DD came into the world!

We're married now, DH has always been on the birth certificate and we have bugger all to inherit anyways.