I mean, if DW were a man, and we used a sperm donor, I could just put my "husband" as the father on the birth cert and there would be no questions asked.
Really?? I mean, I get where you could just put the MaleHusbandName down and not be questioned, but would it be legal? I know next to nothing on this. (Everything I know is about adoption, so I am really asking. You and DW are totally the parents, I don't get why the legal docs can't just say this, as a moral thing.)
Oh! In happy adoption news, baby Julia is now big sister Julia. P and her hub adopted another baby girl. Everyone is quite thrilled by the embiggened family, as am I.
but would it be legal?
That's my understanding. It could be challenged later, but the presumption is that the mother's husband is the father. Worked on my grandfather's birth certificate...
Cass, yay for P and her family! That's wonderful news!
I'm all stressed out. This is no fun.
I love my birth certificate. It says mother "unknown" and lists my (adoptive) grandpa as "father". I LOVE it. It's the truest piece of paperwork I own.
I'm getting worried that my job applications will be messed up because my advisor will take until way past the deadlines to write my letter of recommendation. And I have no idea what I can do about this.
Hil, can you write your own letter and have him sign it? Not the best solution but the only one I can think of.
I wouldn't know what to write, and I know he wouldn't put his name on anything I wrote, anyway.
And I have no idea what I can do about this.
You need to talk to the Dept. Head. It's (as River Tam noted)...problematic.
I'll give it a little bit of time and then talk to the department head. I'm not sure that he could do anything, though -- I mean, my advisor consistently slacks on pretty much all his duties, and the department head hasn't been able to do anything about any of that.