My child’s father’s name was not put on their birth certificate. Can I get it added?

The father’s name may be added to a birth certificate by completing a Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity, if all of the following are true:

1. 1. The child has not yet reached their 19th birthday.
2. 2. The mother was not married at the time the child was born or within 300 days prior to the child’s birth.
3. 3. Both the biological mother and the father want to add his name to the birth certificate.
4. 4. There is no father’s name on the birth certificate.

A Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity form may be completed at the Tennessee Office of Vital Records, any Tennessee Child Support Office, or at any county health department.

If the answer to any of the above questions is false, a court order establishing paternity would be required to add the father’s name to the birth certificate.