I have just spoken to my Fiancee and she says that after the annulment (expected by March 1st) she will have to apply to the Court in Philippines to get 'sole responsibility'.

She says a friend had to pay a Filipino lawyer 70K to get that through the courts within one month! Her lawyer has confirmed the procedure.

She will have to show the court that she can financially support her child in order to get 'sole responsibility'. That inevitably means telling the Court the financial support I have provided since September 2009 to her and her son.

If some sort of legally-binding agreement could be made privately, it would be much better. She would not have to tell her ex about me, it would be less costly and faster.

As she said, so eloquently, finding out about me may "raise the devil in him" and he would ask me for money just to co-operate!

So, my question is to those who have reached a legally binding agreement on sole responsibility (outside of a court) how long ago was that?