Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 5 - Office of Health Informatics
Subpart 85 - Public Health Statistics
Chapter 3 - Registration of Live Births
Subchapter 3 - Paternity and Name of Child
Rule 15-5-85-3.3.1

Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 15-5-85-3.3.1
Current through September 24, 2024

This section details the conditions under which the father's name may be entered on the certificate, the specification of the child's name under each condition, and conditions under which the surname of the child may be different from either the father's surname or mother's surname if no father is listed. Traditionally a child assumes the legal surname of his or her father as listed on the birth certificate, or of the mother if no father is listed. When the surname given a child is not traditional, a notarized Name of Child form, witnessed by a hospital representative, signed by both parents or the mother if no father is listed, and filed with the birth certificate shall be required, but the certificate shall not be considered nor marked as having been amended.

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-17; Miss. Code Ann. § 41-57-23; Miss. Code Ann. § 93-9-9; Miss. Code Ann. § 93-9-28

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