My wife is pregnant with our twins and we are still waiting for our sperm donor to sign over his rights would she be…

She is also the legal parent, her egg. So they both would go on it unless he signs his rights over then just her (and I'm assuming you want to adopt as the co-parent so then you would do that).

I meant would I still be able to be on it if he hasn’t signed over his rights yet?

@britanicole, but you’re not the father, why would you sign it? Is this a new thing? I thought there was only a slot for mother and father. Meaning the person who biologically created the baby. Not spouse?

@cams, nope. Some states allow for parent 1 and parent 2. No gender roles defined.

@laniejay, interesting 🤔 learn something new everyday 👍🏻

So wait is the sperm donor from a sperm bank? Or is this just a person that had intercourse with her?

@feeneythebashingqueen sperm banks are anonymous aren't they? They wouldn't need the donor to personally sign over rights would they?

@bodybycheetos, yes. A sperm donor is a man who donates sperm usually anonymously to a sperm bank or fertility clinic to help a woman get pregnant. They have no parental rights.

Which is why I’m trying to understand what she means by sperm donor.

I don’t believe you would be able to be on the certificate. At least here in Kansas there is just slots for biological mother and biological father. You can get rights to baby after it is born.

If you two are legally married I don’t know why they wouldn’t allow you not to sign regardless of gender because they dang sure don’t make sure men match baby’s dna at birth before signing people sign for the wrong babies everyday...you should have zero issues being on the BC unless they are discriminating. 🤷🏼‍♀️ in my opinion.

I’m going to guess that this was not an anonymous donor. In that event I suppose one could sign the birth certificate, but if the “donor” chose to fight it, he’d have a case. This is why contracts should be written prior to donation to avoid this scenario.