Saturday, October 24, 2009
What legal rights does an unmarrid man have over his children if there registered in his own name?
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Less than a married man, in fact hardly any rights at all.
none
I would say even less than lizzies answer get the drift
check with your legal office!
If you have proof that those children are yours and even if their not, if you have raised them, you have a lot of rights. If they are you kids, you have the same rights that the mother has. But if you weren't there for your children, then you only have small rights, to see them and for them to spend time with you. I guess it just depends on how you were there for them. Try to keep records of everything you do. Not for the kids, but for the court system.
Typically you have parental rights if you can prove you are the father and if you have been good about paying your child support ect. and Parental Rights cover a lot of things so you need to see a attorney to find out all of them and what they require
An unmarried father has no automatic legal rights or responsibilities other than financial responsibility towards his children born outside of marriage, even if he is living with the mother. However the father can establish rights and responsibilities for the child by applying to the Court for a Parental Responsibility Order, or by making a Parental Responsibility Agreement with the mother...
All i can say in answer to this question comes from experience. although the law says we haveas much right as the mother it is seldom so. the mother can say and do as she wants and even defy the judge's orders to let the father have visitation rights and still the law will not act. this style of empyty law isrampamnt in the uk. so your answer should be on paper you have all the same rightsd as the mother, in practise you are simply a cash cow the goverment and the mother can milk for support reguardlesss of your situation. your only chance at real rights to your kids is if the mother is so unfit she must be charged with a serious crime or neglect. beyond this the mother is untouchable and she can flaunt the law. i new a couple whom split the mother is and was a drinking/druggie farther is a hard working average guy. they split over her problem. the kids were dirty and badly fed. when the farther conplained . child welfare sent the mother a notice of when they were comming to check things out. on the day they arrived the house was spotless and the kids washed and eating good food, they chatted and they left reporting nothing wrong what so ever. with in two days she was back the the same old thing . this time neighbourds reported the same problem . and again the child welfare senta letter stateing when they woyld come to see them . well it went the same way. in the end the farther had to get a police man friend to go with him out of uniform as he tried to leagly visit his kids. she would not allow him too. however the police man saw the mother drunk and stoned. he made a report/ complaint. the child welfare did the same thing all over with the same result. in the end if it had not been for one of the kids getting hurt and the ambulance people seiing thesituation and the police getting there nothing would ever have been done. what was done was she was told to go to counseling . get dry and straight off drugs. and care for them properly or the kids would be removed. she did all this untill the child welfare was happy and closed the case. the farther stil has not seen his kids even though he has been given free visitation . she is back to her same old tricks. in essence fathers married or not do not have rights. i feel sorry for them
all he would have to do is go to child support and tell them that he wants to have rights to his child. They will conduct a paternity test if needed and go from there. After the results are in they will make up a court stipulation and order that the mother(if that's who the child lives with) has primary placement but that the parents have joint custody. From then on the father has to give reasonable notice when he wants to see his child and for a reasonable amount of time. It all depends on how old the child is though. The mother gets the final word, but if she is uncooperative the courts look VERY badly upon that and will grant the father custody on specific days and the mother CANNOT interfere.
Whats marriage got to do with it?? if u help make and bring up the nippers you should have 50/50 rights. but if you had owt much to do ie you split with partner then the % goes down "sorry" thats life
I recently had legal advice to see what rights my ex partner has to our daughter and was told that the law changed in 2003 any unmarried father who is on the birth certificate now has the same rights as any married father, He does not have a say in the day to day upbringing of the child but has a right and a say on Education, Medical Issues and religion, he also has equal parenting rights as far as contact and financial responsibility.
Nowadays courts and solicitors are more in favour of the father having parental rights and responsibilities as long as his name is on the birth certificate.
You need to go to a Family Law Solicitor, or your Citizens Advice Bureau for full information.
My oldest child's father's name isnt on the birth certificate, and the lawyer i saw said the only right he had was "to apply to the courts for access/custody" but that didnt mean that he would get it. He had no other parental rights as i was the only one named on the birth certificate. This was 10 years ago, and i know there are new laws with regard to this, but you need to speak to someone legal who will be able to give you all the new rights and responsibilities you are entitled to.
A lot of organisations would prefer that you go through mediation first to see if these issues could be resolved before you feel you have to apply to the courts.
He has alot of rights. He has the right to pay child support if he is not living with the child, he has the right to see the child, he has the right to get medical insurance on the child, and also make medical decisions for the child.
depends where your from. - Scottish Law unmarried fathers have no rights for children born before 2003 except child maintenance payments,obviously if you think the child's life is at risk you can contact social services and they will investigate but do not do this unless there is a valid reason as these details go on the child's school records.
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