I have a blank "father" line on my bc, but that was ok in NYC in the 70s, no idea if that's changed.
They also would not let my mother give me my own last name. She was in the process of changing her last name back to her maiden name when I was born so she wanted me to have that one (Scelta). Instead they made her give me her married name (Willis - also not related to me in any biological way). Then, whew, lo to the courts that will not grant an angry, 70s, post-pardon, giant-afroed, second wave, single-by-choice mom what she wants. It got changed with a lot of time in court but it took almost a year.
So yes, the whole system is worthy of some groundbreaking test cases.
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Date: 2008-10-11 12:57 am (UTC)I have a blank "father" line on my bc, but that was ok in NYC in the 70s, no idea if that's changed.
They also would not let my mother give me my own last name. She was in the process of changing her last name back to her maiden name when I was born so she wanted me to have that one (Scelta). Instead they made her give me her married name (Willis - also not related to me in any biological way). Then, whew, lo to the courts that will not grant an angry, 70s, post-pardon, giant-afroed, second wave, single-by-choice mom what she wants. It got changed with a lot of time in court but it took almost a year.
So yes, the whole system is worthy of some groundbreaking test cases.