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I am currently going through a legal separation. My wife at the time was pregnant. She moved out and I took her to court. She was order to do a DNA test which I paid for by the Court. And the test came back proving I am the father of the child in question. The mother gave birth to the child in July and failed to put my name on the Birth Certificate however gave the child my family name, I have another child with my wife and my name is on the certificate. Can you please let me know what steps i need to take to ensure that I can get my name put on this certificate so that I have parental responsibility for my child. I am really stuck and putting my children needs and rights first above my own. Is there a way I can get this done without the mother. I have the lab results and I have a present child contact order in place for my first child. Like I mentioned we are still married. I need to get my children sorted out but my wife is making life very difficult.
Seeing as you were not included on the birth certificate at birth you will need to apply through the court for parental responsibility it is a C(pra1) form you will need to fill out which you can download off the gov website or grab one from your local family court or if your ex will agree you both fill it out together.
In most cases a c1 is applied for at the same time as a child arrangements order, don't worry it is pretty straight forward and around 94% of PR orders are granted you then can get yourself on your childs birth certificate without involvement from the mother.
In reality it doesn't really mean a great deal as having PR doesn't mean you automatically get the right to spend X amount of time with your child.
My ex done the same to me then decided I wasn't to have any involvement with my child so I applied for a child arrangement order at the same time as PR and I still haven't put myself on the birth certificate.
Good luck with it all
Slim
Hi there
When you got the DNA test and you were proven to be the father, were you issued with a declaration of parentage by the court? If so you should be able to take that to the Registry office and get your name included on the birth certificate....although I'm not 100% sure on that so I think you need to get clarification.
I think you should give the Register office a call and explain what has happened. You could also give Coram a call, they can give you legal advice about where you stand. Here's a link to their contact details
http://childlawadvice.org.uk/clas/contact-child-law-advice/
It might be as Slim has explained and you will need to apply to the court with form C1 and form C100 for a Child Arrangements Order for contact and if that's the case you would need to attend Mediation, which is now mandatory before a court application can be submitted.
Best of luck.
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