Birth Certificate Error- Question

[Cynthia1215]

I just received my youngest daughter's birth certificate in the mail and we sail in 15 days. Apparently in a sleep deprived state I made an error when filling out her birth certificate when she was born. Instead of putting my middle name, I put hers, on the mother's name. For example:

Name: Jane Doe Smith
Mother's name: Jenny Doe Maiden when really it is Jenny Deer Maiden.

I have an accurate birth certificate for me and for her 2 older sisters. Her name is accurate on hers.
Will this middle name issue cause me any trouble?

I've tried contacting Vital Statistics where we live but with the holiday they are not in. Since I'm on such a tight timeframe I'm hoping someone has experience with something similar. Thanks!

 

[Maggie'sMom]

I don't see this being a huge problem. I would be surprised if the DCL CM even catches it. It likely would be a problem if you need to leave the cruise and fly home from a foreign port. You would need to get passports for everyone at that point and the mistake might cause an extra bump. But if that's the case, not having passports will still be the bigger issue than the mistake on the BC.

 

[Hundredacre]

I just received my youngest daughter's birth certificate in the mail and we sail in 15 days. Apparently in a sleep deprived state I made an error when filling out her birth certificate when she was born. Instead of putting my middle name, I put hers, on the mother's name. For example:

Name: Jane Doe Smith
Mother's name: Jenny Doe Maiden when really it is Jenny Deer Maiden.

I have an accurate birth certificate for me and for her 2 older sisters. Her name is accurate on hers.
Will this middle name issue cause me any trouble?

I've tried contacting Vital Statistics where we live but with the holiday they are not in. Since I'm on such a tight timeframe I'm hoping someone has experience with something similar. Thanks!

This will not cause you any trouble. We had to change a child's middle name due to birth certificate error. We did not do it until he was four!! Not sure if it was the time past, but in the end we had to get a court order. in the mean time we used the one with the error because it was a valid state issued birth certificate. You are lucky it is a middle name as we were. Anyway, we used the one with the error and recently the corrected one with dcl and no issue.

 

[Cynthia1215]

Oh thank you both for putting my mind at ease!!!