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==How is the birth registered when a child is born outside of marriage?== | ==How is the birth registered when a child is born outside of marriage?== | ||
BC’s Vital Statistics Act requires that a child born in BC must be registered with the government by filing a Registration of Live Birth within 30 days after the birth. The Act usually requires both parents to sign this form, unless one or both parents are incapable. If the father is unknown or doesn’t acknowledge that he is the father, the child’s mother can sign the birth registration alone. | BC’s ''Vital Statistics Act'' requires that a child born in BC must be registered with the government by filing a Registration of Live Birth within 30 days after the birth. The Act usually requires both parents to sign this form, unless one or both parents are incapable. If the father is unknown or doesn’t acknowledge that he is the father, the child’s mother can sign the birth registration alone. | ||
==How is the child’s last name chosen?== | ==How is the child’s last name chosen?== | ||
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==The Vital Statistics Agency handles birth registrations== | ==The Vital Statistics Agency handles birth registrations== | ||
For more information, call the Vital Statistics Agency at 604.660.2937 in the lower mainland, 250.952.2681 in Greater Victoria, and toll free 1.800.663.8328 if you live elsewhere in BC. Also check the Agency’s website at www.vs.gov.bc.ca. | For more information, call the Vital Statistics Agency at 604.660.2937 in the lower mainland, 250.952.2681 in Greater Victoria, and toll free 1.800.663.8328 if you live elsewhere in BC. Also check the Agency’s website at [http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca www.vs.gov.bc.ca]. | ||
==Does a parent have to consent to the adoption of his or her child?== | ==Does a parent have to consent to the adoption of his or her child?== | ||
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==Is a parent automatically a guardian of his or her child?== | ==Is a parent automatically a guardian of his or her child?== | ||
Sometimes. The Family Law Act says that parents who live together after their child’s birth are the child’s guardians, both during their relationship and after they separate. For parents who never lived together after their child was born, they are only presumed to be a guardian of their child if: | Sometimes. The ''Family Law Act'' says that parents who live together after their child’s birth are the child’s guardians, both during their relationship and after they separate. For parents who never lived together after their child was born, they are only presumed to be a guardian of their child if: | ||
*they are a parent because an assisted reproduction agreement says they are a parent; | *they are a parent because an assisted reproduction agreement says they are a parent; | ||
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==More information== | ==More information== | ||
For more information about family law and children, see the Children page of the wikibook JP Boyd on Family Law, hosted by Courthouse Libraries BC | For more information about family law and children, see the [[Children in Family Law Matters|Children page]] of the wikibook ''JP Boyd on Family Law'', hosted by Courthouse Libraries BC. | ||
For more information about guardianship, contact and applications to be appointed as a guardian, see the page Guardianship, Parenting Arrangements and Contact | For more information about guardianship, contact and applications to be appointed as a guardian, see the page [[Guardianship, Parenting Arrangements and Contact|Guardianship, Parenting Arrangements and Contact]]. | ||
[updated November 2014] | [updated November 2014] | ||