im posting this for a non computery friend who i had told about my earlier post and the good advice received
my friend had quite a volatile on and off relationship with a man for about a year and a half, they split when she was 3 months pregnant got back together very briefly and now the relationship has broken down again, she is due in february and had a scan just the other day as there were suspected heart problems but everything looked ok, after the scan which she took ex along to, he asked if she wanted to go for lunch, she took this to be an end to hostilities and thought he was just happy that the baby was ok.
however in the restuarant he started tearing into her that he wanted her to sign a form giving him full parental rights and that he would be taking the baby overnight right away "to give her a break"
now this man has 4 children from a previous relationship and my friend has witnessed him grabbing his older girls 15 & 17 by the clothes, forcing them up against the wall and screaming in their faces, and smacking his son 5 when he was just larking about bored because he was stuck in the house. he
seems to snap quite easily but obviously she has no proof of what she has seen.
he also demanded that the baby be given his second name and wants her to sign the parental rights agreement before the baby is born so that he can ensure this, it is my understanding that you cant sign this until after the baby is born as it asks for the baby name and date of birth so i dont think this will be possible unless there is another form for this.
my friend really doesnt want the baby going to him overnight as he is a heavy drinker at the weekends and frequently puts his younger kids to bed and goes out and gets bladdered.
would a court order a newborn to stay with the father overnight right away?
she cant breastfeed due to a medicine she is on so she cant use that as a reason not to go.
any ideas/experience?
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midorimum · 24/10/2007 17:31
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