Fiance and her daughter.

[quickwillow]

I’ve spoken to Janice and the father is on the birth certificate, I’ve also asked her to contact the Attn. dealing with the annulment to see where she stands legally with sole responsibility.
As his lack of support and not being in the country was part for the evidence against him.
Although he has not seen both of them for over 4 yrs, Janice has had word from a friend that the father is due back in the Philippines soon, this has made me worry about everything as we are still waiting the paperwork for the annulment, and don’t know where we stand legally, does he still have rights as the father?
Do you know what kind of evidence the ECO need for poof of sole responsibility, a letter from the courts would nice but what are our other options? I really don’t feel that they should be separated even for a short time and want to make sure that i have enough evidence for the ECO.

[joebloggs]

if there has been no contact from the father for years, and the child's mother is and has been responsible for his upbringing, then there should be no problems with the sole responsibility, especially if the father is not in the phils..

only time you might get problems with sole responsibility is when the father still has a lot of contact with the child and supports the child, or if the mother works far away from the child and a relative looks after the child.

thou jealous ex's could cause problems just for the sake of it or wanting a pay off, so might be worth not telling him of your plans, just in case he causes problems, and if the father is not in the phils that's even better

you shouldn't have any problems if she has been with the child all his life

http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/ecg/chapter14/ find everythnig you need to know here

[IainBusby]

I’ve spoken to Janice and the father is on the birth certificate, I’ve also asked her to contact the Attn. dealing with the annulment to see where she stands legally with sole responsibility.
As his lack of support and not being in the country was part for the evidence against him.
Although he has not seen both of them for over 4 yrs, Janice has had word from a friend that the father is due back in the Philippines soon, this has made me worry about everything as we are still waiting the paperwork for the annulment, and don’t know where we stand legally, does he still have rights as the father?
Do you know what kind of evidence the ECO need for poof of sole responsibility, a letter from the courts would nice but what are our other options? I really don’t feel that they should be separated even for a short time and want to make sure that i have enough evidence for the ECO.

I wouldn't talk to an attorney about this, I'm sure he'll just come up with something expensive that need to be done. In my wife and step-daughters case the father was not on the birth certificate, but as far as I know if the child has no contact with the father the the mother obviously has sole responsibility. If I remember correctly you posted on your other thread that the ex wasn't even in Phils these days, so I'm sure she could claim that his whereabouts are uknown and that she is and always has been soley responsible for the child.
Iain.

[quickwillow]

if there has been no contact from the father for years, and the child's mother is and has been responsible for his upbringing, then there should be no problems with the sole responsibility, especially if the father is not in the phils..

only time you might get problems with sole responsibility is when the father still has a lot of contact with the child and supports the child, or if the mother works far away from the child and a relative looks after the child.

thou jealous ex's could cause problems just for the sake of it or wanting a pay off, so might be worth not telling him of your plans, just in case he causes problems, and if the father is not in the phils that's even better

you shouldn't have any problems if she has been with the child all his life

http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/ecg/chapter14/ find everythnig you need to know here

No there hasn't been any contact for yrs and if he does come she want to avoid him anyway, and her and kid have never been apart thanks for the link Joe I will rest easy tonight

[quickwillow]

I wouldn't talk to an attorney about this, I'm sure he'll just come up with something expensive that need to be done. In my wife and step-daughters case the father was not on the birth certificate, but as far as I know if the child has no contact with the father the the mother obviously has sole responsibility. If I remember correctly you posted on your other thread that the ex wasn't even in Phils these days, so I'm sure she could claim that his whereabouts are uknown and that she is and always has been soley responsible for the child.
Iain.

Yeah good advice also Iain
I have had enough already with the Attn.
I just wanted to find out if a piece of paper was necessary to prove sole responsibility.

[IainBusby]

Yeah good advice also Iain
I have had enough already with the Attn.
I just wanted to find out if a piece of paper was necessary to prove sole responsibility.

I don't really know if something official is required or not, but money talks in Phils and if you really do need a document saying that the the child's father has no interest in her, then I'm sure one can be obtained one way or another, especially if he is no longer around to contest things.

Iain.

[quickwillow]

Yeah just like every Asian country I've vistited