Observation On The Birth Certificate

[palani]

One gent at a recent seminar reported he had four children. The oldest two had been born in hospital. The youngest two had been born at home. The two youngest had no birth certificate which got mama concerned so she applied for and received birth certificates for those born at home. There was a difference though. The two kids born in hospital had her as informant. The two kids born at home had dad as informant.

It was suggested that this was a result of the child being born out of the dominion of the father. In a sense the wife temporarily left the bed and board of the husband to have the child. In common law this was how a husband declared he was no longer responsible for the debt of his wife: "HAVING LEFT MY BED AND BOARD I WILL NOT LONGER BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEBTS OF ______ FROM THIS DATE FORWARD".

I just thought this was a decent experiment to cite. If true I wonder who gets to decide whether this action is worthy of note on a birth certificate?