Florida unmarried ladies, is this true at all?

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My FUTURE mil  (whom I adore and she adores me), informed me that in other states(she has a second house in South Carolina, she spends summers there) if u are unmarried, even if u are in love,  on good terms and living with ur SO, if u are not legally married,  on the birth certificate of the baby well say " baby out of wedlock" . Now! I didn't want to belive it, but when her niece(19 years old) texted her own birth certificate to her and she showed it to me,  I was floored. It's in fact true,  it said across the whole thing that the baby it's out of wedlock. 
I was in complete shock. That's SHAMING UNMARRIED WOMEN! How is this legal? 
Is this also true in FLORIDA? ! 
My SO and I got engaged a month before finding out I'm pregnant.. and once we found out, we decided to wait til after the baby since there's so much stress in our lives right now.  And now,  I'm due in October, and I really do NOT want to go to court house and get legally married in a hurry, with no plans whatsoever, just so it doesn't say that my baby was born out of wedlock on her BIRTH CERTIFICATE...
Do any of u know if this is true in Florida?

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So, I know it sounds like shaming (and it may even be the snarky goal), BUT as an amateur genealogist I have to say that I appreciate a birth certificate with this info. It helps me narrow down marriage dates and helps tell the story  of my ancestors. To me, the more the info recorded the better voice I can give to people otherwise forgotten.

It's also a way for the state to record and analyze birth and marriage trends. This helps shape policies and gives insight into our evolving culture. It's purely scientific data collection. The only downside are the morality police using it in a way that shames women.

There are lots of reasons to have a baby out of wedlock, especially these days. I wouldn't change your plans just because of of a data entry box. Stand firm in your choice and don't give the shamers power over your life.

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I don't think it's shaming women. It's probably more so for records than anything. And who really cares? If your child was conceived with love then does it really matter?

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It looks like it. It's because of the issues with paternity law. A child born in wedlock is legally presumed to be the father's, however children born out of wedlock need to have paternity established in custody situations.

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I don't see why it matters.. Shaming women? It's not that serious.

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I doubt that's correct, but shaming? It's the truth. If people would get offended by it, maybe they shouldn't have babies out of wedlock.

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My fiancé and I are having our second baby now. We've been together 7 years and not married and my daughter birth certificate does not say anything such as that lol!

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What does it matter if it says that? It would technically be true. I don't see the issue here.

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I had my first in Florida her birth certificate says no such thing .

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In north Carolina that's not true. My husband, boyfriend at the time, did have to sign a paper saying that he acknowledges he is the father even though we wasn't married.

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Lol this just made me look at my sons birth certificate. He was born in 2014 when me and my fiancé were just boyfriend and girlfriend.

On my sons it says nothing about baby being born out of wedlock, we live in New York.

Florida unmarried ladies, is this true at all?

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