Committal of perjury???

[Mildred88]

So my partner has a son- 8 years old. He split from the mum 5 years ago.
when the son was 1 year old, my partner found out she had been cheating on him. Done a DNA and the son wasn’t actually his, yet she’s named him on. Birth certificate as the dad knowing he wasn’t. But he gets paid more than the bio dad.

today she’s decided to tell the son without my partner being present and said she’s answered all questions herself and the son seemed to take it well, she obviously lied and made herself look good,
my partner is now worried as she’s committed perjury and also she will try take the son away

I dont see how this is perjury?

Typo? Perjury is lying under oath in legal proceedings.

Unless the 8 year old is a judge then I think she is in the clear.

Yeah that's not perjury unless she repeats it under oath.

I thought making a false statement on a birth certificate was perjury? I assume that's what op means. I guess the issue is how do you prove it? Also if he wants a relationship with the son, shopping his mum might not be wise.

Both parents have to go to the registry office if they're unmarried, she can't have done that alone.

How is it perjury?

It's listed in the perjury act. I assume it's because you're lying on an official document. It sounds like the mother knew he wasn't actually the father. I imagine it's rare people actually get into trouble for it because it's hard to prove

If the legal issue you’re thinking of is telling a deliberate untruth to the registrar, then it could possibly be considered to be perjury. I’m imagining though that your partner and his child’s mother were married at the time the child was born? If so, the parent registering would only need to have believed there was a possibility the husband was the father; then naming them as the father wouldn’t be an offense.

They weren’t married. She knew my my partner earnt more money, so picked him to go on birth certificate thinking should would get more from him, including be put on the mortgage. She knew there was 2 options for a father and we have that in a message from her.

So did your partner go to the registry office with her?

They did go together, he didn’t know she was cheating on him: but she knew it wasn’t his child. Carried on with it because for her it was a financial gain.

Sadly, she isn’t a nice person, and will already have in her head what she wants to gain from this.
and if that means controlling and keeping the son at hers: then she will. Never mind the bond that my partner has built with the son. We have messages to prove she knew there was a possibility of 2 fathers. But she continued with the wrong bio dad on birth certificate due to who earnt more money and who had a house….

You sign a legal document in a registered office:. The registrar asks you if you are telling the truth… lying on a birth certificate is part of the perjury act 1911.

How could you prove that she didn’t just make a mistake about who she thought the father was?

Please don’t believe everything your partner says.. he playing stupid now. He must have had doubts…does the kid look like him?

there no perjury committed. If he on birth certificate he will have parental rights.

i would honestly step away from this messy drama! Poor kid!

Yes, however he didn’t know at that point she was cheating on him and his son wasn’t his. He found out when the son was 12 months old

I think you're concentrating on the wrong thing.

I don't know when your partner found out but it seems that's he's known a while and wants to continue being dad. If that's the case then it doesn't matter if the mum did it for the money or whatever, your partner wants to be the dad and therefore should behave like one Including financially supporting him. Plenty of people support those who aren't blood relatives.

If he decided that he doesn't want to be involved and is pursuing him for CMS, then there are legal proceedings he can go through to sort this out. They ask for a DNA test.

I understand you're annoyed but it's none of your business really. He needs to decide what he wants and proceed in that manner. She's not going to be prosecuted for perjury as it would be too difficult to prove.

Of course I believe my partner. She’s admitted herself she is sorry for what she has done… not quite sure she is sorry other than sorry for how she will look now.
the son was 12 months old when my partner found out and he grew a bond thinking it was his child, the child quite clearly doesn’t look like my partner now. But he is 8. So it’s been 7 years since my partner knew it wasn’t his bio son. And he’s still committed to being a father to him as the mum knew she would be financially better off

We very much want to continue with the son being in our lives. We pay for things and take him on big holidays unlike the mother whose found herself someone else to do the same to.
our concern is how unpredictable she is and if she decides she now wants to take my partner off the birth certificate or go down the route of “he doesn’t want to come to yours anymore” then where does my partner stand. Sadly, she is this type of person

He also has a DNA test already which he done when the son was 12 months and when he realised it wasn’t his bio son.
The mother has already admitted it on an app recommended by a barrister so she couldn’t delete things.

She has messaged to say she knew it was between two people. She then also threatened the bio dad to “take her to court” when she decided who she wanted to continue being the father and threatened my partner to not leave her or he wouldn’t see the kids

What is the app called? Thanks

Look, saying in a text message that there are two possible fathers isn’t enough evidence that she has done this as an attempt to get more money or a ‘better’ father for the child.

It is very clear that you hold her in utter contempt. Just get on with your life. Focusing on an old relationship that your boyfriend had is a pointless exercise.

App close. It’s on Apple Store and free to download