After checking hospital records, other records possibly, presumably.

I don't remember ever seeing this in a French Birth Cert but the Belgians do things their own way, and rightly so.

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Or the plural:

following verifications

Possibly better.

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I suppose the midwife and/or nurses attending the birth confirm the date and time of birth and confirm the mother as the mother of the child, and then the father recognises the child as his (in France this can happen prior to the birth).

Same for other details. Quite a lot to check, actually: gender of child, first names given, surname or surnames to be used, etc.

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That's a great spot, I think you're on to something.

This is a Quebec reference, but a similar procedure must apply in Belgium:

C'est l'accoucheur, qu'il soit médecin, sage-femme ou autre, qui dresse le *constat de la naissance* de l'enfant. Il y énonce *le lieu, la date et l'heure de la naissance, le sexe de l'enfant, de même que le nom et le domicile de la mère*.

Le constat de naissance | Vos droits en santéhttp://www.vosdroitsensante.com


I would call this a "record of birth", or perhaps a "registration of birth", to completely avoid any confusions with the actual Birth Certificate (UK English, Canadian too, it seems).

So, in your context:

"Certificate drawn up (...) based on the record of birth and on a statement made by the father".


I meant to come back to this question anyway, to mention other situations, for example the children of same-sex couples, surrogate mothers, children give up for adoption, etc.

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children giveN up for adoption

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I suppose the crux of the matter is whether you think it is the "accoucheur" or the Civil Registrar doing the "constation": amounts to the same thing in the end, really, I suppose.

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To Joanna: sounds good to me, keep it simple, short and sweet!