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I am currently 23 weeks pregnant. There are 2 potential fathers. My partner who i have been with 2 years and a guy i was seeing for a week when i tried to move on from my current partner when we split. I called the guy straight away and he told me to get a termination and then changed his number. My partner and i got back together and have done a pre-natal DNA test. If it turns out not to be his can he adopt the baby or put his name on the birth certificate with out the consent of the biological father?
Hello SmB
You need some legal advice about this. If the DNA result is going to be available soon then maybe wait for this as you might not need to do anything anyway and if the other chap is the biological father then I suggest you contact our Legal Expert to get some advice.
Thank you guys. This is all abit of a shock as i took the morning after pill with the guy i was seeing after an accident so i am hoping it is my partners. Just the dates dont add up :( We should be getting the results from the pre natal DNA test soon. I just dont want the other guy to be involved after telling me to get rid and changing his number. Not really showing me he is stepping up to take responsibility if he is the dad.
Hi smb. Welcome along. I'm sorry you've found yourself in this situation. If you took the morning after pill, then hopefully the baby will be your partners. You can put his name on the birth certificate though.
My friend had a baby, father didn't want to know. Never saw her son or paid etc. She met a lovely man, when her son was 2, and they married a few years later. When her son was 7, this man wanted to adopt her son, but the proceedure then was they had to get permission from the biological father. Absolutely crazy if you ask me, as he'd had nothing to do with the lad from day one, didn't know him blah blah. Anyhow, all turned out well in the end. He was adopted by this man, even though the biological father was going to protest. He didn't even turn up in court!!!! The judge spoke to the 7 year old and asked how he felt, and he said, this man was his dad as far as he was concerned, and that was that. Of course, this was years ago, so things might have changed now. Just wanted you to know, that it could be done. Good luck with the pregnancy, and I really hope your partner is the dad. If it is the other guy, from what you say, he doesn't sound interested at all, so again, hopefully he'll leave you alone.
If I am not mistaken you cannot name a father on the birth certificate who is not the biological father however - he can apply to adopt
Go along to your local magistrate’s court and pick up an application form for an Adoption Order and inform your social services department, so that the necessary report for the court can be prepared. You may like to look further into the long-term implications of this adoption on your family.