Depends on whether you need to worry about him coming for custody later.
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Doesn’t matter as long as your telling the truth when you ask for assistance either way they going to go after someone for there money back though regardless who you put or not.
If you put his name on it they will force him to pay child support. It won’t effect you.
I have a coworker who isn’t on his kids birth certificates. Him and his g.f have been together for over 13 years. If she applies for assistance they don’t count his income because she claims single & as the only adult in household. He also doesn’t need to worry about c.s. Good for them… Personally, I am so tired of seeing people get one over on the government while the rest of us that continue to work through the pandemic (& before) and have gone through hardships through it all just get pooped on. It’s showing people that to live a carefree life all you need to do is make sure you don’t make enough income. Now a days it is compensated with all the extra benefits. I paid over 10k for my sons medical bills last year because I didn’t qualify for any type of medical assistance, meanwhile I have married friends claiming single for taxes to get over 10k back, purposely quitting their jobs for unemployment, people choosing to only work p.t to get extra food stamps/ wic, couples lying to get housing assistance. These programs are made as temporary assistance for those in need, but it’s completely been taken advantage of.
The father should be in the birth certificate regardless of what you are applying for because it’s his child too and you don’t have the right to say he can’t be. But when applying for any benefits they require the father name because unless you’re married they require you to take him to child support then sign your rights to the child support over to them until he has paid back what they think he owes them for providing for his child. So if he’s not on it and child support is filed if he asks for a dna test when it comes back they will have him sign the birth certificate. Mine refused to put his name on my daughter and when we went to child support court he was ordered to sign the affidavit right there in front of the judge
The state I lived in at the time my daughter was born, wouldn’t let me put my daughters fathers name on unless he was there to sign. Since he didn’t want me to have her, of course he wasn’t there to sign so…fathers name is blank. And that pisses me off, irrationally so. I know who her dad is, regardless for whether or not he wanted to be involved. I like how it takes two, but all the responsibilities seem to fall on the woman.
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My first 2 kids from a previous relationship, their father is not on their BC. Even though there was no reason to, he said he wasn’t going to sign them because he didn’t know if they were his. Got paternity test to prove it and he still refused to sign the BC after that. However, he does and has helped with child support. When I needed help, I made sure to inform the state how much he paid. They still gave me help with food. So you can do the right thing and still get the help you need for your little
If you know who the dad is then you should put him on the birth certificate.
Are you only doing this to get more benefits.
If you apply for tanf they make you apply for child support.
I work for the government don’t lie to them make daddy pay or get a job as a taxpayer I don’t appreciate paying for your child when daddy dont
I wish I had left my sperm doners name off mine.