taking step child to germany

glodh1973

hi just wanted too say if the absent father still trys too make it awkward when he finds out still threaten him with csa as even tho he is not working they will still take a small amount of his benefit as they do my daughters father he does not work for same reason he does not want too contribue to his daughters upkeep so they take £6 a week out of his benefits altho only a small amount if he genuinely does not want too keep in touch or have anything to do with his daughter then he will not want too lose any of his benefit as obviously he wont be getting a great deal anyway

415SanFran

This may depend on weather the father has had any "contact" with the child in the last 2 years.
If he has done as much as send a B'Day card or gifts at Christmas that is classed as contact. (In the last two years)
I had to offer to promise that my children would spend at least 2 months in the UK after we had moved and thankfully he agreed. But it was a long LEGAL battle

strong96

I've got my child sorted she can go, sister in law to be has problem, her ex said she cant take son (6) to germany, she claims she can do it anyway cause they werent married, i told her this isnt the case and breaking the law, the army i presume check that kids not belonging to the army person have permission to be taken out the country or do they not bother, told her to go to court but she reckons shes in the right

MoneyHoney

Might be worth contacting the AWS who most probably have information regarding these questions:

http://www.army.mod.uk/welfare-support/family/1153.aspx

Trying_to_be_good

Having been on the receiving end of kids being taken away to Germany illegally, the Army made no checks that they were being taken there legally. They paid for them to be taken!

If the non-resident parent doesn't have Parental Responsibility (PR) they don't have rights. This can be the case if the father was not married to the mother at the time of the birth and didn't subsequently marry her.

Lilmiss_2

My ex partners child was taken by his mother to live in germany, she had married a serviceman 6 weeks after meeting him.
His father had Parental Responsibility for him and the Army refused to tell the fathers solicitor where the boy was, even which base he was at nor would they confirm what arrangements had been made for his education.
The only recourse available was for his father to approach the court and the court requested the information, she then objected, saying it would be far too difficult to return the child for any form of contact and the father would not be allowed to the base to see his child.

The child was only returned when the marriage broke down 9 months later there then followed a year long legal fight to re-establish contact via a contact centre ( where previously there had been no need for any such measures but mum insisted this had to be the case) and finally Dad was awarded days out then overnight contact.
So no, its not the case that the army will check and if they are informed its unlikely they will do anything to assist the father