Hi ladies, I have just been having a chat with one of my clients (who doesn't know I am pregnant) and we got into a conversation about the consequences of not being married and owning a house with your partner (which I am aware of) but he also said that there are legal consequences (if that's the right word) for not being married and having a child together. Is there anything that I should be aware about regarding the legality of us having children and not being married? Eg, if one of us (probably me as the mother) passes away that would cause issues for the remaining parent raising the child?
I am not worried about us splitting up and the legality of that and my DP will be on the birth certificate which I assumed gave the father automatic parental rights. Am I wrong?
Sorry about the rambly post but if there will be issues then we should probably clear them up before DC is born
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Child outside of marriage- legal consequences?
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sepa · 30/10/2015 14:46
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