Bill Text: MI HB4053 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Records: birth; requirement to register a mother’s husband on birth certificate; eliminate. Amends sec. 2824 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2824).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-02 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/01/2023 [HB4053 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB4053-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4053
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 2824 (MCL 333.2824), as amended by 1996 PA 307.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 2824. (1) The name of the husband at the time of conception or, if none, the husband at birth shall may be registered as the father of the child. The surname of the child shall must be registered as designated by the child's parents. The mother of a child is not required under this section to register a father on the certificate of birth.
(2) If the child's mother was not married at the time of conception or birth, the name of the father shall must not be entered on the certificate of birth without the written consent of the mother and without the completion, and filing with the state registrar, of an acknowledgment of parentage by the mother and the individual to be named as the father. The acknowledgment of parentage shall must be completed in the manner provided in the acknowledgment of parentage act, 1996 PA 305, MCL 722.1001 to 722.1013. For a certificate of birth completed under this subsection and upon on the written request of both parents, the surname of the child shall must be designated by the child's parents.
(3) If the name of the child's father cannot be shown is not designated under subsection (1) or (2), the child shall must be given the surname designated by the mother.
(4) If the paternity of a child is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, the name of the father shall must be entered on the certificate of birth as found and ordered by the court. The surname of the child shall must be entered on the certificate of birth as designated by the child's mother.
(5) If the child's father is not named on the birth registration, no other information about the father shall may be entered on the registration.
(6) A child conceived by a married woman with consent of her husband following the utilization of assisted reproductive technology is considered to be the legitimate child of the husband and wife.
(7) After May 30, 1979, a birth certificate shall must not contain a reference to the legitimacy or illegitimacy of a child.
