Rights as a father

[crazygirly]

Hi All,

What rights does a man have when he has conceived a baby but the woman does not want the male in her life? (the baby is not born yet)

Look forward to your advice.

Many thanks.

[Richard1966]

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[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

Whatever the law says, I believe that if you take his parental rights away, you shouldn't demand any money from him either, unless he did something so heinous that his own children aren't safe around him.

[atalanta]

You have a right to be part of the baby's life, but not of its mother's life. There have been a few cases recently, where the man fathered a child because a lesbian couple wanted a baby, and he did them a favour, saying he wasn't interested in the child, But when he saw the child he changed his mind, went to court, and got access. The court thought only of the benefit to the child of knowing its father.
Assuming the father is you, try to get your name on the birth certificate. If the mother refuses, insist, and go to the registrar of births to make your own declaration. That helps a lot. Get a copy of the birth certificate. Make the child a ward of court if there is the slightest chance of the mother running off and disappearing. Check with the Citizen's Advice Bureau if any of this is not clear.

[ojread2]

Don't do it
Do not deny the child the right is has to now its real father
You will regret it for the rest of your life
With any luck the guy is a decent bloke and will fight for his rights through the courts
Do you really want to subject a child to that?

[boxtops]

The child will want to know all its life who its real father is - your baby has a right to know its father. At least give him access, it doesn't stop you getting on with your life.

[NOX]

Assuming you are the lady concerned you need to consider several things.
Firstly if the man is a decent man and wants children he could be a very positive influence in your child life and it would be unfair on both the man and your child to deprive one another of their relationship. Secondly if that's not the case and you are simply using a passing male as a sperm donor and he isn't father material or he has serious issues then you certainly need it to be as anonymous as possible to avoid future complications.Kids can and do do very well with one stable parent as opposed to an unstable one being involved, but two stable ones works far better. Can you give us any further info as it's a bit vague at the moment.

[EDDIE51]

Not sure if this is what you are asking but the father has by law to support the child financially until the age of 18. This applies if the father is part of the childs life in other ways or not.
We need to know more to give a better answer. I assume you are pregnant but do not want to live with the childs father ?

[tonywiltshire]

The Children’s Act 1989 as amended provides the Mother with automatic parental responsibility as does someone with a residence order, parental responsibility is defined as “all the rights, duties, powers and responsibility and authority which by law a parent has” If the Father is married to the Mother at birth he will have PR. If the Father is not married to the child’s Mother and the child was born after 01-12-2003 and he is named on the birth certificate he has PR automatically otherwise he should re-register the birth if no-one was named as the Father, make a formal PR agreement with the Mother or apply to the court for PR.

[bednobs]

as far as i know, he has no rights whatsoever till the bbay is born. An unborn child is not considered a person, and therefore is not "his" yet