Childrens Guardian

Littlemisscrazy

I need a bit advice about who could care for my children if I was no longer around but I’m not sure where to start so I’ll tell you my story, I’m a single mum to three young children I have no family (well none that I would want to bring my children up) their father isn’t around & wouldn’t be fit to care for them as he’s alcoholic and has been for many years, He’s on two of the kids birth certificate (before 2003) but he’s not on the younger one’ s after 2004, I do have a very close friend & this friend has said they would take my children on & bring them up if I died L

So my question is how could this happen if its at all possible

Many thanks in advance

LannieDuck

This definitely sounds like something you need to get sorted in advance of it (hopefully never!) being needed. At the moment, I suspect the alcoholic father would gain responsibility for the children. You'd probably need to get him to renounce his guardianship and find a way to name the close friend as guardian in the event of your death (not sure whether a will would be sufficient or not).

You should get some proper advice - you'd want to make sure you're legally covered if the worse should happen, and I'm sure there's precedent for this.

delain

But they were born before 2003 so he doesnt have PR? he has nothing to renounce!

Apart from that I have no help

Littlemisscrazy

delain wrote: »

But they were born before 2003 so he doesnt have PR? he has nothing to renounce!

Apart from that I have no help

I thought that was the case & because i didn't have him put on the younger ones birth certificate in September 2004 he hasn't got PR over him either

Mojisola

You need to get your wishes in writing - a letter kept with your will is a good idea.

In the unlikely event that your children will need a guardian, SS will want to see that the children have a relationship with the person. He/she needs to show a better case than a blood relation who may turn up "wanting" the children.