Fathers Legal Rights?
Me and my partner have a up and down relationship, I work and he is on benefits, I live on my own (but he is always here) I am currently 21 weeks pregnant and have had no support financially apart from £110 toward housekeeping and what he owes me for bits and bobs. Do I have to put his name on the birth cerifitcate or give the baby his surname? If I finally leave him what rights does he have towards the child when he has put nothing into to helping me provide for it coming. Do I have to allow access to the child and can I stop his family from seeing the child if I have geniune concerns about my childs safety with them. PLease help.
Enough said.
Complicated not having a full functional and sincere contributing partner and soon to be father.It is in these darkest moments! question what is the right decision!But only professional help can guide you through these time with support network and especially with your decision.Of course the fact of using your partner’s name on the bady’s birth certificate,could perhaps complicate things in the future with custody battle ect…Please contact Single Parent Group,they offer the information and support that you require…Congratulate you and welcome to Baby…May all your tomorrows together be of magic fulfilment and immense happiness.
Hello there, i am a dad of 4 children , i am with my wife but when the twins were born in 1997 we did split for a short time and at the time we were not married. i found out then that an unmarried dad has little rights apart from financially. if you are not married you do not have to put his name on the birth certificate but maybe different if you are married. For better help go to citizens advice.
1) you do not have to put his name on the birth certificate and your child does not have to have his name. In fact if he is not present at the registration you can’t put him on either, he must be there.
2) He has no rights as you are not married – he would have to apply to a court for visitation rites although I am worried about why you would want to stop him.
3) the csa or benefits agency will sort out provision and you should get a maternity grant ask at the dwp.
4) If you have concerns over his family seeing the child then ask for supervised access – there are centres set up for this purpose. Please note that grandparents do have the right to visitation too.
I still don’t understand why you want to stop him seeing the baby.
I would say that what ever you decide to do, and frankly I don’t know how you got into this situation, I would suggest that for your child’s wellbeing that you do this in an amicable way.
Waring parents is no way to bring up baby.
he owes nothing if you are disclaiming him as the father. i say this because you don’t want his name on the birth certificate and you don’t want him to have visitation. a person pays child support for their child. if it is their child then they pay whatever the going percentage of his income is AND he gets visitation rights. you do not have to use his last name nor does he have to sign the birth certificate.
just because you don’t like him or think him irresponsilbe, doesn’t mean he still isn’t the dad and that your child won’t love him as such.
You do not have to put him on the certificate, but you should, since your benefits will suffer for not naming him.
Legally, he has “parental responsibility (PR)” (purportedly equal to if you had been married) if he is on the certificate. Even if he isn’t on the certificate, he can go to court to claim PR and will most certainly get it. Let him see the child by agreement because again, if he goes to court for access he WILL get it, so why cost money and time on a pointless courtcase which will only antagonise each other.
The CSA will most likely want money from him, but if you are on benefits you won’t see a penny of it. Whatever he gives to you, via the CSA, the social will DEDUCT from you. So you will get the same as now, and he will lose out. No benefit to you, or your child really. The CSA is pointless.
EDIT – I forgot to mention, the CSA does not expect a father to pay a penny where the mother prevents him seeing his child. If he chooses not to, that is a different matter. Also, where a father does have contact, the more overnight stays he has, the less he has to pay, since he will incur more expenses. If he has 3 or more overnight stays, he can make a duplicate claim for child benefit.
Im not sure what state your in but in PA you cant legally put the fathers name on the birth certificate unless you are married or he signs a paper. And for the last name no you don’t have to give the baby his last name. Both my children have my mothers maiden name cause I didnt want them to have my last name nor their fathers. And when the baby is born you take him to Domestic Relations. At least in Pa thats what its called. And then they figure whathe makes and he is court ordered to pay a certain amount of money to you a month. And for letting him see the child he will have to take you to court for visitation. And also some states have grandparents rights. So his mother might have some rights to the baby. But it is very limited!