Name of the Organization : Lambeth Council
Type of Facility : Register and re-register a birth
State : London
Country : United Kingdom
Website : https://beta.lambeth.gov.uk/
Register and Re-Register a Birth :
Sections in this guide :
1. Registering the birth of your baby
2. Non Married/Civil Partners (Female only)
Related : Lambeth Council How to get a copy of a Birth & Death Certificate : www.statusin.org/24828.html
3. Tell Us Once service
4. How to re-register a birth
5. Make an appointment
1. Registering the birth of your baby
** When to register your baby’s birth
** When your baby is born, you must register their birth with the local registrar where the birth took place within 42 days.
** It is important that parents do not wait more than a week or two from the date of birth to book an appointment to register the birth.
2. Non Married/Civil Partners : (Female only)
Same-sex couples :
** Male couples must get a parental order from the court before they can be registered as parents.
** Female couples can include both their names on their child’s birth certificate when registering the birth – the rules are different depending on whether or not they’re in a civil partnership.
Female civil partners :
Either woman can register the birth on her own if all of the following are true :
** the mother has a child by donor insemination or fertility treatment
** she was in a civil partnership at the time of the treatment
** her civil partner is the child’s legal parent
Female non-civil partners :
When a mother isn’t in a civil partnership, her partner can be seen as the child’s second parent if both women –
** are treated together in the UK by a licensed clinic
** have made a ‘parenthood agreement’
However, for both parents’ details to be recorded on the birth certificate, they must do one of the following –
** register the birth jointly
** complete a ‘Statutory declaration of acknowledgement of parentage’ form and one parent takes the signed form when she registers the birth
** get a document from the court (for example, a court order) giving the second female parent parental responsibility and one parent shows the document when she registers the birth
3. Tell Us Once service :
** Tell Us Once is a service enabling local authorities to offer a bereavement and birth registration service which puts you at the heart of what we do.
** We have a specialist team to provide additional help/information to new parents.
This includes :
** Child Benefit Application Completion, Verifying Birth Certificate and submission service
** informing Jobcentre Plus, Housing Benefits and Revenues and Customs (HMRC) of the change in circumstance
** registering new parents with Family Information Service (FIS) and the Library Service.
** Speak to us when you are registering the birth if you are interested in using this service. (check with team this is the way to access this service)
4. How to re-register a birth :
** Depending on the circumstances, it may be possible to change the details or add information recorded at the time of the original birth registration.
Re-registration for father’s name :
** If the parents were not married to each other at the time of the birth and the father did not attend to register the baby, it is possible to re-register the birth to include the father’s details in the registration and change the surname of the child.
** A form is available from this office that has to be completed by both parents.
** The easiest way for a birth to be re-registered is for both parents to attend the Register Office together after making an appointment.
** It is possible for either parent to make a statutory declaration, before a solicitor or other person able legally to witness an oath, acknowledging parentage of the child.
** It is also possible for either parent to seek a Court Order naming the father.
Re-registration if parents are now married :
** If the parents got married since the birth, the birth should be re-registered to accurately record the legal status of the child.
** A form is available from the Register Office that must be signed by both parents.
** Either parent can then attend the Register Office, after making an appointment, with the completed form and a copy of the marriage certificate.
** The birth will then be re-registered and the child’s surname can be changed as part of this process.
** Certified copies of the re-registered birth can be purchased from the registrar.
What you need to bring to your appointment :
** Passports or valid ID at the time of birth
** The discharge notes or red book from the hospital
What we need to register your baby :
Information about the child :
** the date and place of birth; if the birth is one of twins, triplets etc the times of each child’s birth will also be needed.
** the sex of the child
** the first names(s) and surname (family name) in which it is intended that the child will be brought up
Information about the mother :
** first name(s) and surname (family name)
** maiden surname if married or has been married
** date and place of birth
** job at the time of the child’s birth, or, or if not employed at that time the last job
** address at the time of birth
** date of marriage, if married to the child’s father at the time of birth
** number of previous children
If the father’s details are to be included in the register, we need to know :
** first name(s) and surname (family name)
** date and place of birth
** job at the time of the child’s birth or if not employed at that time the last job
** address at the time of birth