Alabama Application to Add Father to Child's Birth Certificate (ADPH-HS-75)
Official state formParentage and paternityForm ADPH-HS-75Free downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Application to add the father's information to a child's Alabama birth certificate. The child's name can be changed at the same time. It is mailed to the Center for Health Statistics in Montgomery.
Who can use this form
- A parent of the child or a person with legal custody of the child.
- The form says the office may not be able to process a request from anyone else.
- By signing, the applicant certifies a legal right to the record.
- After reviewing the answers, the office tells the applicant if other documents or a court action are needed.
What to send with it
- The completed, signed form with the parentage questions answered.
- Valid identification. The ID requirements are printed on the back of the form.
- A certified copy of the marriage certificate if the father and mother married after the child was born.
- A certified copy of any court order on paternity or custody that the questions ask for.
- The $25 fee. A check or money order payable to "Center for Health Statistics". Do not send cash.
Where to send it
- Mail to
- Center for Health Statistics Attn: Legitimations P. O. Box 5625 Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5625
- State fee
- $25 to prepare the new birth certificate, including one certified copy. Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $6 each. Expediting costs $15 more. The fee is not refunded if required documents are not received. The form says the office returns the fee if the applicant has no legal right to make the request.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- Rev. 10/2024
- Source
- Official government page