After the birth of the baby, it is time to return home and take care of it, but also take care of the corresponding paperwork. Usually the father is in charge, who takes advantage of the days of paternity leave to do so, sometimes the mother accompanies him, if he is recovered, and the baby, who takes his first walks.
The procedures for the birth of a child They are the least pleasant part of becoming parents, but they are a legal obligation, so it is best to be prepared and know in advance what we will have to do when the baby is born. The first step is the registration of the baby in the Civil Registry.
Registering the baby in the Civil Registry is important to record your birth, but also to have your baby recognized legal personality. The name given to the child, date, time and place of birth, the sex of the baby and who their parents are will be recorded.
For the registration of the child in the Civil Registry it is necessary:
Documentation to present:
- Delivery medical part: (usually a yellow paper) is performed by the doctor or midwife who has attended the delivery and attests to the birth. It is delivered to the hospital or to the center where it has been given birth. It contains some information such as date and time of birth, place, sex of the baby, name and address of the parents.
- Family Book (or document proving the marriage duly legalized and translated, if applicable).
- ID of both parents
Registration deadline
You can register the birth from 24 hours to 8 days after birth. In exceptional cases and proving just cause you can register up to 30 calendar days after delivery.
Other considerations
- About the name: Parents must state the name they chose for their child. No more than one compound name or more than two simple names can be assigned and names that may be confusing in the identification of the person, those that objectively harm them, or those that mislead with regard to sex are prohibited.
- Who can enroll the child: according to the Ministry of Justice, “the obligation to declare the birth affects the consanguineous until the fourth grade and the related until the second, that is, the father, or the mother, or the grandparents, or the uncles, or the cousins of the born, as well as the brother-in-law of the child ”. In short, to the nearest or failing relative to any adult person who had been present at the place of birth.
- When the baby was born in a different location to the address of the parents, you can register in the Civil Registry of the municipality where the parents reside providing a certificate of registration and certificate of the hospital where the baby was born to clarify that the center has not promoted a previous registration.
- Married Children: both parents must go with their respective ID, Family Book and part of delivery.
- Non-Married Children: both parents must also attend. If they are divorced with the divorce decree and if it is a de facto separation, two witnesses who testify to their status must also attend.
- Children of a single mother: If the mother is not married and the father does not go, he will not appear as the father of the child in the registry.
