Doesn't that effectively change the meaning of 'father'? The father is whoever is the child's guardian, not who 'fathered' the child?
Sounds like a Socialist/Feminist/Liberal/activist thing.
[I'm not saying you shouldn't have or anything, just pointing out the social engineering aspect of this]
BTW, I LOATH the term "social engineering".
Engineering is a collection of things that work.
"Social engineering" is a collection of things that fail.
works both ways
hubby and I adopted a son
When the adoption was final, his birth certificate was re-issued with our names as parents. Original certificate was sealed. As I understand it, my son having reached the age of 18 could petition the court to unseal the adoption records if he wanted to.
It has been common for a long time that newborns who are given up for anonymous adoption will be given a birth certificate listing them as children of their adoptive parents. In cases not involving newborns, things are somewhat trickier.
Doesn't that effectively change the meaning of 'father'? The father is whoever is the child's guardian, not who 'fathered' the child?
There are significant legal distinctions between guardians and parents. A birth certificate documents that the people listed as mother and father have full parental rights and responsibilities pertaining to the individual described thereon. To say that the child was born to the parents named is a convenient legal fiction; for almost all intents and purposes, there is no legal distinction made between parents who physically gave birth to a child and adoptive parents who are listed on a birth certificate.
It is odd that Obama would seek to change his name back to that of his biological father who abandoned him early on. I wonder whether he ever thought of Mr. Soetoro as his father?
I have done a lot of adoptions and know this is true. The birth certificate is amended to show the new parents, but it also shows that it is an amended certificate so someone with a trained eye looking at it will know an adoption has taken place.