Opening Savings Ac Without Childs Birth Certificate Is It Possible?

boom123_2

Hi there! I need some advice please.

My brother died a few months ago, he was seperated from his partner with whom he had a son 4 years old. Unfortunately our relationship with his mother is not good. We would like to open a bank account or some kind of savings for him to give to him when he is older. i approached my own bank who told me this would not be possible without seeing the childs birth certificate. We obviously don't have this and his mother refuses to give it to us, which I can't understand I would love either of my children to be offered a nest egg for the future.
Can anyone give any advice or does anyone know of an alternitive? We just wasnt to do right by my brother by doing what we can for his son.

Voyager2002

The basic problem, of course, is your relationship with the mother.

I would suggest that you write to her and invite her to open a savings account for the child: obviously one that does not allow withdrawals until a certain age. But could it be that she is in financial need now? A few pounds for a struggling family will do far more for a young child than a nest egg in many years (perhaps when he has missed his chance of a decent education because of poverty in early childhood).

To answer the question you posed: anyone can get a copy of a birth certificate. You just fill in a form and pay a fee: to the registry office where his birth was recorded, or to the central registry if you don't know which local office (in that case the fee is a little higher). But in some ways a family feud can be made worse by significant sums of money.

boom123_2

Thanks for the reply Voyager. I will try to obtain copy of my nephews birth certificate, I had assumed this would n't be possible due to data protection and fraud etc but with your info I'll pursue this option. my brother did leave an estate which automatically goes to his son but as he is a minor his mum has control over it so we know he is financially ok at the moment but whether his mum will make provisions for college, uni etc we don't know, that is why we would like to make sure that he has a nest egg for when he reaches this stage in his life.

Many thanks!

debbie42

My Mum didn't need a birth certificate to buy NS&I baby bonds for my two. The certificates were sent to me, but were purchased by her. This was around five years ago: I don't know if it's changed since then?