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Just a quick question, If a mother registers a child as father unknown, how long does the father have to get his name on the birth cert. What remedies are available to him? Would he need to go to court?
If a mother registers a child as father unknown,
Its actually illegal for the mother to register a child as "father unknown" if she knows who the father is. Birth registration paperwork is legal documentation. You cant be untruthful.
Its actually illegal for the mother to register a child as "father unknown" if she knows who the father is. Birth registration paperwork is legal documentation. You cant be untruthful.
That is untrue. A mother who isn't married cannot put a fathers name on the birth cert if he is not present or doesn't fill in a form agreeing. I know who my daughters father is but as he did not want to be involved I had to leave the space blank on her birth cert. I don't think they put "father unknown" anymore. They just leave it blank.
Once reistered the birth cert cannot be changed but amendments can be added. So if my daughters father reappeared and consented to going onto her birth cert the space for fathers name would remain blank but we would get an addition onto her current birth cert noting his name as father.
You're obviously entitled to your opinion. I don't think it's supported by the law though.Asides from the legals, I think that it is morally wrong NOT to have the childs father on the birth cert.
... mother is refusing to allow your friends name on the birth cert then she equally cant chase him for maintenance
How exactly?I found today out that the father unknown trick is often used to claim social welfare.
Claiming lone parents allowance. SW have no one to chase for clawback.How exactly?