Statutory declaration of acknowledgement of parentage form
Complete this form where the child’s parents have not been in a marriage or civil partnership and only one parent can go to the register office.
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Complete this form where the child’s parents have not been in a marriage or civil partnership and only one parent can attend a register office for the child’s birth registration or re-registration.
This declaration must be made before a justice of the peace, magistrate, commissioner for oaths, practising solicitor, notary public, licensed conveyancer, authorised advocate or authorised litigator, by one parent only.
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Updates to this page
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Updated Form 16 to remove the request for permission of the child if they are over 16 when a change of surname is sought, and to remove the information to seek legal advice regarding parental responsibility.
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Updated statutory declaration of acknowledgement of parentage form.
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Updated information about who can complete this form.
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Updated statutory declaration of acknowledgement of parentage form and details.
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