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Child Law Questions

How can I find out whether my name was put on my daughter’s birth certificate? My ex-girlfriend won’t tell me whether my name was included as the father or not.

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Area of Law: Child Law

When my teenage son was born I registered him with his father’s surname. But the father disappeared, and when my son started school he used my surname and doesn’t know any different. He now needs his birth certificate to enter the local football league. Could I get a new one showing his surname to be the same as my own?

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Area of Law: Child Law, Divorce and Family

My ex-girlfriend has sent me a letter telling me that I’m probably not the father of her child. However the Child Maintenance Service is insisting that I should pay for the blood test if it turns out the child is mine, even though it was my girlfriend’s infidelity that’s called the child’s parentage into question. Is there anything I can do about this?

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Area of Law: Child Law

I am required by a court order to pay maintenance for my two children “until they respectively attain the age of 17 years or the conclusion of full-time education, whichever is the later or further order.” What is the definition of “full-time education”? Could I end up paying for them for ever?

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Area of Law: Child Law

When my wife and I split up I was ordered to pay maintenance of £250 a month for my son. I was looking forward to ceasing payments now he is 18, but my wife says I must continue since my son is now at university. Where do I stand?

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Area of Law: Child Law, Divorce and Family

I’ve recently been contacted by an ex girlfriend and told that I’m the father of her 17-year-old daughter. She’s threatened to take me to court to get 20% of my earnings and backdated payments to 1999. Her daughter isn’t in full time education to my knowledge. Do I have any financial obligations towards her?

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Area of Law: Child Law

My partner and I were never married and split up two years ago. We have a 14-year-old son, who spends most of his time with me. However his mother undertook responsibility for his health and education and takes him to school. Lately the boy has been playing truant; if the education department decides to prosecute, which of us will end up in court?

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Area of Law: Child Law, Divorce and Family

I had an arranged marriage in Pakistan three years ago. We had a baby girl, and my wife’s mother came over on a six month visa. Now my wife has vanished with her mother, who is obviously outstaying her visa; I haven’t seen the baby for three months. Is there anything I can do?

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Area of Law: Child Law

We looked after our baby grand-daughter for two years while her mother vanished abroad, but our application for a residence order was turned down and now we can only see our grand-daughter every other weekend. Is there any chance of an appeal against this decision? The barrister just told us to try to get on with the baby’s mother.

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Area of Law: Child Law

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