Same-sex male parents

• Birth registration
• Where to register a birth
• Opposite-sex parents
• Same-sex female parents
• Same-sex male parents
• Other people who can register a birth
• What you need to tell the registrar
• Birth certificates
• Child Benefit
• Re-registering a birth
• Changing a child's forenames
• Perjury warning
• Privacy Notice

Male couples must get a parental order (gov.uk) from the court before they can be registered as parents.

Please call us on 0345 60 80 198 to arrange to register in these circumstances.

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