Our Dads’ FAQs feature information and guidance on a range of subjects, and are intended to help fathers who want to play an active role in their children’s lives. 

PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY Questions we have been asked include: ‘What is Parental Responsibility?’ ‘When does an unmarried father have Parental Responsibility?’ ‘How do we get a form to apply for Parental Responsibility?’ ‘Can a stepfather get Parental Responsibility? 

SEPARATION Questions we have been asked include: ‘Father wants his name on birth certificate; partner says no’ ‘Wife wants to move out and take child – what can I do?’ ‘Wife wants divorce; what are my rights re children?’ ‘My son’s ex insists he pay for flights to Scotland for contact visits – he can’t afford these’ ‘My pregnant girlfriend has been stealing money from my bank account. 

We continue to campaign for legislation to bring in joint birth registration, to be enacted – after it emerged last week that Sarah Teather, Minister for Children and Families, may be blocking this. 

Earlier this month in North Wales, a mother died just after giving birth. She was not married to the father, though he was declared in the maternity records as the father.