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Baby Born (1. Find out when you need to register your baby :red_flag: (2.…

- - - - 5. Book a Birth appointment :red_flag:
        
        Cancel or reschedule a birth appointment :red_flag:
        
        Find out who can register a birth :red_flag:
        
        Same-sex female couples
        
        Unmarried parents
        
        The details of both parents can be included on the birth certificate if one of the following happens:
        
        they sign the birth register together
        
        one parent goes to register the birth with a document from the court (eg a court order) giving the father parental
        responsibility
        
        one parent completes a statutory declaration of parentage form and the other takes the signed form to register the birth
        
        Same sex males couples
        
        (male couples must get a parental order from the court before they can be registered as parents)
        
        Married couples/parents
        
        Either parent can register the birth on their own. They can include both parents’ details if they were married when the baby was born or conceived.
        
        Not able to register e.g for medical reasons who else can?
        
        Someone present at birth
        
        Someone who is responsible for the child
        
        a member of the Admin staff at the hospital where the child was born
        
        4. Find out what should you take with you? :red_flag:
        
        One form of identification either
        
        birth certificate
        
        deed poll
        
        passport
        
        driving licence
        
        proof of address (eg utility bill)
        
        Council Tax bill
        
        marriage or civil partnership certificate
        
        child’s personal child health record or ‘red book’
      - 3. Find out what Information do you need to know :red_flag:
        
        name, surname and sex of the baby
        
        parents’ names, surnames and address
        
        place and date of the birth
        
        places and dates of parents’ birth
        
        date of parents’ marriage or civil partnership
        
        parents’ jobs
        
        mother’s maiden surname