legal rights

[nextqueen]

my friend has a turbulent relationship with her ex. she dated him some years ago and he used to knock her around. 3 years ago they got back together and she more or less fell pregnant straight away. he kicked her out of the house when their daughter was 3 months old, he seems quite a control freak where she has an adventurous streak always wanting to live abroad in oz. her boyfriend keeps going mad saying he wants his name on the birth certificate which up until now she has resisted doing. shes tempted to do it to help things move on but she wants to know more legal implications in doing so. she is thinking of moving to work in brazil, dont ask! she is scared that her boyfriend can stop her going with his daughter but as hes not on the birth certificate can they do this. if she tells, asks him that shes going to brazil, surely he can stop her going because of seeing his daughter. can he do this? i said couldnt she just go first then plead ignorance afterwards? he does have a relationship with his 3 yr old daughter and sees her most weekends. what is the best thing to do? who would get custody rights? does she need to ask permission? would a dna test be done though he is defo the father?

[flip_flop]

Taking the daughter half way around the world thereby preventing her from seeing her father is punishing the daughter - that's hardly an advert for good parenting.

[tamborine]

he can follow.

[pink-kittens]

"Tell her to put the child on her passport "

The child will need her own passport - you cannot include a child on the parents anymore and haven't been able to do so for a few years now

Personally if the child has a relationship with the child and it is a good one why would any good mother see fit to take that away?