Birth Records

KANE, Attorney General,

You have asked whether the Department of Health has authority to promulgate regulations which would allow the child of a married woman to be registered on its birth certificate as the illegitimate child of another man, with his surname, when all of the following conditions are met:

1. Acknowledgment of the natural father by the mother.

2. Acknowledgment of the child by the natural father.

3. Permission from the mother’s husband.

Provided, however, that if the mother’s husband is notified by registered mail return receipt requested, sent to his last known address and he…