Hi thanks for reading.
Ive recently been diagnosed terminal. I have 2 children to a previous relationship (unmarried) and 1 child to my husband, ages 6,4+1 respectively.
we live happily as a family and all 3 of my kids call my husband dad.
their biological father walked out when i was 6 months pregnant with the second child. he visited them both for about 4 months then due to his new relationship cut all contact with them. he pays the CSA for them (a pitiful amount anyway!) but has never requested to have any contact with them, no birthday cards, no asking how they are in passing or anything.
Im worried about my husbands rights when the inevitable happens. He loves all the children the same and thinks of them all as his own.
Ive been in limited contact with the biological father about the girls and at first he says he thinks the best course of action is to keep my husband and i's family together, then when the matter of money arose he change to he doesnt think it is fair to pay the CSA to my husband, not that it would make any difference whatsoever, and that my husband should adopt them, he would waive all his parental rights and in doing so get out of having to pay CSA. And has
My question is this... suggested he might change his mind later and want the girls.
what rights does my husband have? having raised my two children as his own since mid-2009, hes provided for them, we recently bought our own home, but obviously now my husband has had to leave work to care for us all due to my illness. i can clearly see financially difficult times ahead.
Please can anyone shed any light on this situation as any legal advice from solicitors is going to cost money we just dont have anymore.
Thank you all so much for reading and i hope to hear from you soon.
Vanessa