Birth Certificates...

[bumphenders]

A lot of people seem confused, so I thought these might help...

https://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/your_family/family_index_ew/birth_certificates.htm

https://www.dad.info/separation/law-and-rights/fathers-and-children-the-law

https://www.lawandparents.co.uk/parental-responsibility.html

On that one This is what it says...
"What if I am unmarried?
If a mother is unmarried, she has sole parental responsibility for that child, and all decisions relating to her child’s upbringing are hers.
However, unmarried fathers can gain legal responsibility for a child by:

Jointly registering the birth of the child with the mother
Making a parental responsibility agreement with the mother
Having a parental responsibility order, made by a court"

Which means if she isnt married, and he isnt on the BC then he has no rights at all really.

Hope this helps clear things up for people

 

[littlelinnies]

how would he have to prove to a court he deserves rights?

 

[bumphenders]

What do you mean?

 

[xSophieBx]

Even if you don't put them in the birth cert, they can easily fight for it and get it put on though. I personally wish I'd never put the NOB on LO's birth cert but then again I didn't want it saying Father 'unknown'...

 

[bumphenders]

Yeah they can fight for it, but mothers can fight against it, and both sides are looked at equally

 

[littlelinnies]

yes I doubt he'd get it off a judge with hes behaviour.

 

[littlelinnies]

Even if you don't put them in the birth cert, they can easily fight for it and get it put on though. I personally wish I'd never put the NOB on LO's birth cert but then again I didn't want it saying Father 'unknown'...

I know what you mean.. i was the same! lol but i decided in the scale of life.. i'd rather it be blank on hes birth cefticate as it doesnt say "father unknown" just doesnt have a name there.. then give such a nob rights he doesnt deserve, aspecially when i'm dealing with someone who says they would put freddy up for adoption..

 

[bumphenders]

Exactly, I would much rather it be blank tbh too :/

 

[xSophieBx]

I so wish I understood all this properly when I let him sign the cert or I wouldn't have.. I have been told it is easy for them to get put on though... Least she has my surname though so I'm happy with that!