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Hi! I am a father who has not seen his daughter in past 14 years only twice when she was two years old! His mother and I are not married and she decided to give birth to our daughter in England and I live in the US. This left me with no legal rights. I pay for child support and the mother uses the momey but I am not on birth certificate. The mother refuses to let me see our daughter. I have stayed away all these years because I believed she would refuse any contact but now I want to see my daughter is there anything I can do? Do I file a court order, a residence order, or a parental agreement order ... The mother will not cooperate so please advice. Thank you! My daughter was born before the 2003 law changes in England. Please I need advice.
Hi there and welcome to the forum
This isn't something I have experience of but have asked a colleague for you who gives the following advice.
I'm not clear if your daughter is 14 or 16? If she is 16, she is too old to be the subject of a court application so you would have to consider if there is any way to contact her or the mother.
If she is under 16, you can try to engage a solicitor over here to act for you by proxy but this could be quite costly.
My colleague has suggested that you speak with Reunite who might be able to offer you some assistance.
Hi Dan
Here's a link to the Salvation Army who help to reunite families...I'm not sure if they can help but it's worth giving them a call to see if they can help.
www.salvationarmy.or.uk/reuniting-families
Best of luck.
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