Benefit sanctions & CSA? any advice plz

[BelleRomford74]

Not sure where best to post this but here goes...

My babies Dad wants nothing to do with him after the birth & does not want to be on the birth cirtificate (we are not married) & because of his recent abusive outbursts I do not want him named on it either! I really hate the thought of it saying father unknown though does it always say that or can it be left blank?? Also have read that if I don't pass on his details to CSA or income support then I will have money deducted from my income support...is this true??? It is a double edged sword as I do think he should have to take responsibility financially but then will he aways have some right over his child!! At the moment he wishes the baby had died but I am scared in the future he might want some contact just to annoy me. I don't want him to have any kind of hold over us or be able to crop up in his sons life whenever it suits him! I am thinking if the birth cirtificate is blank as he wants it to be & pays no support then he has no right to turn round in the future & demand contact etc as I can say then that he is not the Dad & he can't prove he is??!! Sorry if im not making sense, I just worry that someone who can say such horrible things about an innocent unborn baby then he is capable of much nastier things & that scares me???!!! Any advice so so welcome x

unfortunately financial support and contact with a child are seen as two different things. i know the Benefits Agency used to deduct money if you were unwilling to provide dads details but not sure now, CAB will be able to tell you.

regarding contact, if he cropped up in the future wanting contact he could make an application to court for a declaration as to parentage and a dna test. he also doesnt have had to pay towards the child's upkeep, to then be able to ask for contact

its is all wrong in some ways but a court views that a child has a right to know and have a relationship with BOTH parents (only in extreme cases will they be reluctant). however, the longer time goes on the longer the process of building up contact would be as he would have to build it up very gradually and he may give up!

Hi - not putting fathers name on certificate doesn't mean he can't have contact etc at a later date, with DNA testing. CAB advice sounds helpful... they can help you gain income for your son from his father also, which can be deducted from his income and doesn't mean you have to see the father to get the money etc.

im pretty sure they have stopped the rule of it being compulsory to the name the father. It used to be that but i think now u have a choice weather to contact the csa or not. pretty sure this started about 3 years ago?? regardin the certicate the short one you get for free never had the father on it even though he added his name.