Q: I’m on my baby’s birth certificate, doesn’t that make me the father legally?
Feb 20th, 2010 | By natalie | Category: FAQs, Family LawIf you were not married to the mother of the child at the time of the child’s birth, being listed on a child’s birth certificate does not automatically grant you legal or custodial rights to the child. Instead, you are considered a “putative” or “biological” father and have no legal rights to have custody of the child. If you have not married the mother or filed a petition to legitimate the child, then you are not a legal father. Regardless, of whether or not you are legally the father of a child, you are still obligated under Georgia law to provide support of the child.