Info regarding BC

purpledahlia

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Hey
So my mums doing a post grad in child protection jsut now and came home from a very interesting lecture yesterday.. About birth certificates and the law etc

Basically ladies, if your not with the FOB since the law changed if he is on the BC you are really limiting yourself in so many ways... If you ever wanna emigrate.. he can stop you. Move somewhere fairly far? he can stop you. ANY big/slightly important decision he will have a say and can take it to court, a holiday abroad longer than 2 weeks.. he can stop u from going.. So those of you with really spitefull FOB's.. I'd advise you to think hard.

Im def not putting him on.

And

If you do or dont.. the original BC cant be ammended.. you can apply to the courts to have an ammended BC but its not the original document.. say if you wanted to add him on after a while.. You can but you actually get a 2nd document rather than the 1st one Edited.. still legal etc. And same for removing him, you can apply to the courts to have the 2nd ammended version without him on, but you need his permission and consent and he can fight it.
They can also apply for themselves to have themselves put on but again its just a 2nd document you get not the original BC. But still legal.

Basically all goes down to money.. he wants added on.. he pays.. you wanna remove him or try too.. you pay.. if you apply for a court solicitor if your on benefits or whatever that goes against you.

Please be very carefull just handing over 50% of parental rights to these men.. from what ive read from you all they are all just as bad as each other.. You seriously may regret it, Forget about the BC being blank.. think about how this man could limit you and your childs life in ANY big or important decision. Spitefull men?? they are.

They can even stop you sending your child to a certain school, FOR EXAMPLE, you want to send to a non-religious school but he wants religious.. this could end up in court. Of course it all depends on the type of person he is.. Can he think of babys best interests or will he do things to spitE YOU...
 
Thankyou so much for this! :flower:

It just confirms everything in my mind for me! And makes me sure im doing the right thing, I dont know if he truely is that spitefull, but from past experiences he's done nothing to prove anything else to me! Anything he does will not be in the babies interest!

Its strange how putting a father on the BC can limit mums in so many ways, it effectivly gives the FOBs control over everything, where it seems mums get sod all.... doesnt seem right to me!
 
I just think it really really pays to look into all the implications and for me, having my freedom and babys freedom is much more important than the peice of paper having a blank space, baby will know her dad anyway so it doesnt really matter. Her dad will be her dad in her eyes.. bit of paper wont change that, but it will change our freedom and hers when shes a teen say 16/17 and wants to go somewhere with friends or with a freinds family.. say he says no?? cos he'd be able too.
 
Thanks for sharing that :flower:

I'm not putting my ex on the birth certificate. I've not heard from him since I first found out I was pregnant so although I don't see him making an appearance I wouldn't stop him wanting to be involved - just not at the risk of him affecting any decisions and he would do so out of badness.
 
Thats exactly it, not gonna stop them being involved but for the sake of him affectiong any decisions... esp out of spite, could really mess things up. I do intend on going on a long holiday or possibly moving abroad and id hate him to have the control over that, hes not done anything for baby or me since day1 so as far as im concerned im doing it alone and all of it alone. he cant be involved only for the important decisions.. its all or nothing.
 
thanks for this claire, youve just made my mind up for definete.

xxx
 
just didnt wanna see any of you stuck for the next 18years because the FOB is a spitefull arse!! xx
 

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