REGISTERING
A STILLBIRTH
What do you need to do to register
a stillbirth, either inside or outside
Oxfordshire?
How is a stillbirth
defined?
A stillborn child is legally
defined as a child born after
the 24th week of pregnancy
who did not, at any time after
being born, breathe or show
any other signs of life.
If you live outside
Oxfordshire or
if the stillbirth
occurs outside
Oxfordshire
There is a facility to register
a stillbirth by declaration.
This enables you to make
a declaration to a Registrar
in your local Registration
Office and does not depend
on where you live, or where
the event took place. Please
note that registration by
declaration does result in
a delay in the issue of the
document needed for the
funeral arrangements.
When a child is stillborn, a doctor or midwife will issue a medical
certificate of stillbirth. The person who registers the stillbirth must take
this certificate to the Registrar. Every stillbirth in England or Wales must
be registered in the district in which it takes place.
If the stillbirth occurs in Oxfordshire
You will be able to make an appointment to attend any of the
Registration Offices in the county.
Who can register a stillbirth?
Parents married to each other
If the parents of the child were married to each other at the time of the
stillbirth (or conception), either the mother or the father may register.
Parents not married to each other
If the parents were not married to each other at the time of the stillbirth
(or conception), information about the father may be entered in the
register only in th