Tools and machines need not be material; virtual technology, such as computer software and business methods, fall under this definition of technology. W. Brian Arthur defines technology in a similarly broad way as a means to fulfill a human purpose.
If the parents are not married, the father may establish paternity by taking a paternity test and filing a petition to be named as the child's father. The father may also submit an affidavit of paternity and file it with the Indiana Department of Health within 72 hours of the birth of the child. This grants the father a right to be placed on the birth certificate and all other parental rights and duties.
The first way, which also happens to be simplest, is that the parents can choose to sign a VAP form. When you go to the hospital or medical facility to deliver your baby, the medical staff will give you the VAP. Both parents read it and, if they understand it and agree with it, each parent must sign and date it in the presence of a witness. The fatherâs name will then be added to the birth certificate. The VAP form is usually signed in the hospital, after the babyâs birth, but it can be ...