Child Support and Access question

[mum5boyz]

This question came about as she went to get him baptised and the priest said that the fathers consent need to be gained... basically she is worried that she is going to continually 'consult' him for and gain his consent for throughout her bubbas life as he is the father and would rather not go down the track of CS if it meant that this was going to be the case.

I did not need my two oldest boys father's consent to have them baptised in a Catholic church. It did need to go outside my own parish as our parish priest would not baptise "bastard" children (even though I had been married to their dad but in an Anglican church) - and after he called them that I wouldn't have wanted him to. As the priest who did baptise them said every child should have to right to be baptised, regardless of the parents.

[Jesswith6]

I have never heard such rot in my life about needing the "fathers" consent to be baptised!
All I told my Priest was that they weren't in the picture and it was only me.

[Muppity]

I agree with everyone else. While some non-custodial parents hold support payments over the other parent's head over access they are not related at all and aren't a bargaining chip. the CSA will try to get the money from him regardless of the access etc.

As for requiring his consent. Usually saying that he isn't in the picture is enough - it was probably jsut a church or even Priest thing - some are old fuddy duddies.

[Sammiejane]

Thanks girls for your comments, i am going to forward them to her...

feel free to add more thou