Houston birth certificate mix-up: Christopher Barnett stuck without answers to fix Memorial Hermann’s ‘Infant’ first name error

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Christopher Barnett is meant to sit up for turning into a father with a child due quickly.

However the Houston man instructed ABC13 that an error past his management dedicated 23 years in the past at his delivery is making it virtually unattainable for him to amass the required paperwork to assist his new household.

Based on Barnett, Memorial Hermann issued a delivery certificates with the primary identify “Toddler,” a mistake he did not notice till after graduating school.

“It has been a rollercoaster,” Barnett stated. “I have been attempting to undergo the method, however each time, I get circled.”

What he is referring to is getting an identification card and altering his identify, which will be straightforward for many however not for Barnett.

“I have not been in a position to get a job or work since I graduated. I can not present for something,” Barnett stated.

Based on him, he tried to appropriate his delivery certificates by Texas Well being and Human Companies, however they knowledgeable him that he wanted his documentation notarized.

The problem, he stated, is you want an ID for that. He cannot get one with “Toddler” as his identify after which file a reputation change as a result of his Social Safety card has Christopher as his identify.

“At occasions, I wish to surrender,” he admitted. “I’ve been stressing. I’ve a child on the way in which, and I do not know if I may even get within the hospital to see my child. I want an ID to get into the hospital.”

ABC13 contacted Texas Well being and Human Companies to see if we might assist and the hospital to see how the error occurred.

As of Friday, Eyewitness Information has but to obtain a response.

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