Parental Responsibility

vanoonoo

the law is an !!!!!! on this one, although originally it was put in place (by nmen for men) to prevent claims on paternity (prior to dna testing and effect contraception) so if at the time of birth you didn't agree to being the father then you couldn't be registered on the birth certificate, in addition you actually had to turn up at the registry to appear on the certificate if you and the mother weren't married!

Thankfully parental responsibility rights have changed now (part of what those superdads on the m25 were demonstrating for).

It's actually a really simple process now to get the rights too and needn't involve solicitors.

Good luck everyone going through it. I helped my neighbour with the paperwork this time last year and it really isn't very complex if you both agree and can demonstrate who you are and that you are the parent.

mistral_2

Ok big thanks , form downloaded and filled in .

Then take it in to any County court with relevant paperwork and it is completed free of charge .


This will be done this week !

Fran

....can demonstrate who you are and that you are the parent.

Oh dear! MC might have a problem there as he has said elsewhere how good he is at hiding his identity!! Just sign yourself as "MC" and show them a picture of your avatar MC!!

mistral_2

I only hide it online but if you want my ip address now I have not scrambled it today as it slows the system down .

It is not that hard to hide yourself a little when on line but when you think how many credit cards I have I am hardly hidden !!!

I will have to educate the registrar who informed me I was legally covered when I registered his birth !!!


The link for the form is here

[ftp]http://www.courtservice.gov.uk/cms/media/c(pra)(9.01).pdf[/ftp]

Fran

Info re Parental Responsibility:

http://www.pressbox.co.uk/Detailed/12274.html

mini

A worthy point I feel on this, mini goes to put benefit head on......

How much money will you get if you have children & either you or your partner dies? You are likely to get less money if you are not married.

The following link may be worth looking at...

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/lifeevent/benefits/widowed_parents_allowance.asp

Whilst I wouldn't recommend yusing this information in a proposal for marriage it's worth thinking about.


I feel really miserable for mentioning it, hope nobody takes offence.

mini

Fran

Note it does not apply in Scotland. As usual there is not enough information forthcoming from the government about this benefit. How does it affect Income Support for example? What is the actual cash gain from it if you are on Income Support and other benefits? Also on the website it says "Minimum Income Guarantee" and when you click it, it leaps to "Pension Credit". If you haven't heard of either it's pretty confusing. ???

mini

The purpose of the benefit was to provide entitlement for widowed fathers, previously it was only women who could claim.
The benefit is not affected by money received from work, i was merely pointing out the governements financial provision only applies to married couples & given how long it took them to pay anything to widowed fathers it may be quite some time before they change it for couples living together.

trafalgar_2

This may make interesting reading for some


I have read through these posts with interest because of the situation my friend was in

If I understand it right some fathers who have their names on their childs birth certificates ,but werent married to the mother at the time have to apply for parental rights

That changed if your child was born after 1/12/2003


My friends situation is this
She had a child
was not married to the father
father disputed child was his
csa did test 6yrs later (could not find him)
proved paternity
father shocked ,surprised, happy
registered as father (it was blank)
now has full parental rights because details were entered after 1/12/2003

surely if that can happen it should of been made retrospective for all those fathers who were there for their kids

Fran

Yes, but unfortunately it is not retrospective, but they can still register for Parental Responsibility either by entering into an agreement with the mother or through the court which is a simple enough procedure providing the mother doesn't object and there are reasons why he shouldn't.