What is the current state of the Paternity Rights section of the Registration of Live Birth?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from M.H. v. A.M., 2016 BCSC 1664 (CanLII):
The history and application of the relevant section is discussed by Madam Justice Wedge in Lorenz v. Director of Vital Statistics et al, 2005 BCSC 297 at para 19 [Lorenz]: Prior to the amendments to the [VSA] in 2002 and 2004, the mother had the sole power, upon the birth of a child, to acknowledge or “unacknowledge” the father in the Registration of Live Birth. Upon being unacknowledged, the father had no right to have his paternity information entered on the child’s Registration of Live Birth, or to take part in choosing the child’s surname …
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