Eddie MurphyMelanie Brown is planning to include Eddie Murphy’s name on her new daughter’s birth certificate ahead of launching a full legal battle to prove he is the father.

Mel gave birth to the baby girl, named Fortuna Daphne Bay, last week and is keen to get started with DNA tests to prove that Eddie, despite his protestations, is the girl’s dad.

A source told the Mirror: “Mel has no doubt Eddie is the father and she wanted to make the point.”

But while Melanie wants Eddie to be formally named as Fortuna’s father, she doesn’t want him to play a large role in the girl’s life after the comments he made questioning the paternity when finishing with Mel last year: “[Mel] doesn’t want him involved because he has hurt her too much.”

“She just feels that he will have to accept responsibility at some point and there was no need for him to be so dismissive of their relationship.”