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

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.

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

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/189018

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Date submitted 6 March 2017
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