New York Laws
Title 3 - Registration of Births
4135 - Birth Certificate; Child Born Out of Wedlock.

(b) The phrase "child born out of wedlock" when used in this article,
refers to a child whose father is not its mother's husband.
2. The name of the alleged father of a child born out of wedlock shall
not be entered on the certificate of birth prior to filing without (i)
an acknowledgment of parentage pursuant to section one hundred eleven-k
of the social services law or section four thousand one hundred
thirty-five-b of this article executed by both the mother and alleged
father, and filed with the record of birth; or (ii) notification having
been received by, or proper proof having been filed with, the record of
birth by the clerk of a court of competent jurisdiction or the parents,
or their attorneys of a judgment, order or decree relating to parentage.
3. Orders relating to parentage shall be held confidential by the
commissioner and shall not be released or otherwise divulged except by
order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

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