Allow a child to have their unmarried parents name on their birth certificate.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

A woman took her daughter to be registered today! However after an unexpected death of her dad he never knew of her existence and will never meet her and as unmarried bereaved spouses her daughter is not allowed to have her biological father on her birth certificate.

This has always been the case of unmarried bearaved spouses but should this child suffer anymore than she has too?

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Please note that this petition has already been accepted and can be found here:

Allow unmarried bereaved spouses to be on their child's birth certificate

Timeline

6 Mar 2017	Petition opened for signatures
20 Mar 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Mar 2017

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