It's a *Paternity* acknowledgement - why would you expect it to deal with a
maternity acknowledgement?


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One part of the affidavit spells out that I, as the father, agree to
"assume the financial responsibility of the child". There is nothing on
the form that mentions the mother's financial responsibilities.

Both myself and my partner disagreed with this and were not comfortable
signing the document. We told the clerk at the hospital that we would
sign the document if the section about the father assuming financial
responsibility were either removed or altered to include the mother's
equal assumption of financial responsibility. We were told that this was
impossible.