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Rights of a father

  • 31-05-2013 9:29pm
    #1
    christinah231
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    My cousin and his (now ex) partner planned to have a baby, and succeeded. She is now 6 months pregnant and randomly ended the relationship at a hospital appointment one day. She now says that he is not the father (even though she planned the pregnancy) and that she is moving to England with the baby and he will never see them again. She rings him everyday for a chat and they talk like a normal couple. When he asks her can they talk about him seeing the baby she changes. It's a really weird scenario. Does anyone know if there is anything he can do to stop her taking the baby?


Comments

  • #2
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    He needs to speak to a solicitor who specialises in family law.


  • #3
    ElleEm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭ElleEm


    Treoir is an organisation for unmarried parents in Ireland. Get him to call them. He would need gaurdianship over his child for a judge to even entertain the idea of getting the mother to keep the child in Ireland for the father's sake. Your cousin can only get gaurdianship if they get married before the kid is born (unlikely, I know), if the mother signs a form granting him gaurdianship, or if he takes her to court to get gaurdianship. As far as I know, he will have to wait til the child is born for this to happen, although he should get the ball rolling now.

    http://www.treoir.ie/contact-contact.php


  • #4
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,088 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    ^^ Which just shows how messed up the situation is for fathers in this country

    OP your cousin needs to get proper legal advice on this asap. If his ex is now saying that he's not the father this needs to be established one way or the other too.


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