Father Unknown!

WhatvIdone

Do the CSA cut your IS payments if they can't get CM from a childs father - in this case (not me I hasten to add asking on behalf of sister who has a 2 months old daughter). The childs father is unknown

Zara33

Well if the mother doesn't know who the father is how can the CSA expect to collect any money If she has an idea as to who the father is she can get a DNA test done.

WhatvIdone

Yes that is what I told her, but she is paranoid now that her IS will be deducted and she doesn't want to have to tell anyone that she doesn't know who the father is, she said it was bad enough when she registered her daughter!

Strapped

Doesn't she even have a "shortlist"?

WhatvIdone

LOL I have pestered and pestered her. She MUST know mustn't she? But choosing not to say and has Father Unknown or similar on the birth certificate.

Daft moo she is.

Zara33

WhatvIdone wrote: »

LOL I have pestered and pestered her. She MUST know mustn't she? But choosing not to say and has Father Unknown or similar on the birth certificate.

Daft moo she is.

The birth certificate will not have "father unknown" the father's details will be left empty (not so bad), She may not know who the father really is a drunken one night stand is all that it takes.

WhatvIdone

Perhaps I should stop bugging her then! You know, I didn't realise it would be left blank!

NAT.B_2

a friend went through simular thing, if there is no on birth cerificate it would be up to her to fill in form on IS honestly.
If she really has no idea which in some cases are, then if there is no name on Cerificate I wouldn't of thought CSA can chase that up.(im not !00% on this tho)
If a name is on birth cerificate then she will have to be honest say who father is, regauless if she wants CSA involed they would have to be as she on IS. Once CSA do contact the father you are intitled to £10 CSA and the rest goes to the secarty of state. Like zara said the birth cerifcate would be left empty if father unknown. Hpoe that makes sence, I think im rambling a bit lol

Zara33

NAT.B wrote: »

a friend went through simular thing, if there is no on birth cerificate it would be up to her to fill in form on IS honestly.
If she really has no idea which in some cases are, then if there is no name on Cerificate I wouldn't of thought CSA can chase that up.(im not !00% on this tho)
If a name is on birth cerificate then she will have to be honest say who father is, regauless if she wants CSA involed they would have to be as she on IS. Once CSA do contact the father you are intitled to £10 CSA and the rest goes to the secarty of state. Like zara said the birth cerifcate would be left empty if father unknown. Hpoe that makes sence, I think im rambling a bit lol

The birth certificate can be left empty...but if you know who the father is the CSA can still chase up the absent parent, if the absent parent denies paternity then a simple DNA will get the results. However if the absent parent is proved to be the father then they will have to pay for the DNA.

Now whose rambling lol

Zara33

WhatvIdone wrote: »

Perhaps I should stop bugging her then! You know, I didn't realise it would be left blank!

One day she will have to explain to her child about their father.

weegie.geek

There are plenty more reasons she might not want to say who the father is that are less pleasant than a random one-night stand.

I'd think twice about pestering her.