Parental rights . . . could be considered morbid . . .

[libb]

Please can someone settle an argument . . .

DP and I are expecting our first child in May. I am currently going through a divorce and that should all be settled by that time. Obviously I don't intend to leap into another marriage for a while and yet I can't find any guidelines as to what DP's rights are, please could someone advise us as to what his rights are if I die? I know as unmarried parents his rights are affected (unless we get a court order?) but what about in terms of death? Sorry to be morbid but I guess I am just trying to cover all bases - DP thinks I am over-reacting and feels that his rights would be
different again due to the circumstances! (also if anyone has extra advice regarding my rights in that scenario then that would be great!)

Any advice gratefully received . . .

Many thanks, Libb xx

Yes, I got PR for ds about 9 months ago! We had to fill in the usual forms and then go to court. It was all pretty straightforward, but quite scary having to go to court - a very emotional day for me!

So we're planning to do the same this time round, i.e. dp will get PR for this baby, but because we have our donor's name on the birth certificate, it looks like he'll also have PR..!