Hi.
As far as I know you can name the father with out his signiture. If you want him to be on there.
I know that if they are on there you can't take the child out of the country with out his permission. I'm not too sure about that if he is in a different country. It's probably something that doesn't matter at all, but I have a friend who just had a little boy & is single & who decided to leave the name off.
Her son will still know his father, but she discussed it with his family & they all agreed with her. She has a 7 year old DD as well.
i know its exremmely early days to worry about that stuff but i'm trying to do as much homework as possible and be relatively informed. As much as i feel quite calm about it all, its a bit scary knowing you're going to look afer something other than a cat!
With regards to the birth cert, if you are living within Australia it is highly recomended you have the fathers name on it.
One because of the laws regarding child support. If he is not known or on the cert then you will lose money from you payments.
and he will be required to pay child support as well
Good luck with your decision , just so you know even though i have 3 kids on my own i wouldnt change it for the world!!
Yeah, I was going to mention that. It can affect your FTB Part A I think. My friend rang & spoke to them about that & she has to see a councellor to discuss it. Once she's done that I'm pretty sure her payments will be OK. She's just planning on telling them she only met him once & only knew his first name.
I know it's not 'right' to do that, but he's in rehab & would only have to pay $20 a month when he gets out anyway. & she's had way too much trouble with her DD's father & child support to bother.
Actually i dont plan for him to pay for child support, not something i want to tie him down on.looks like a visit to the ATO site.
i do have this lovely feeling that i wont regret going through with this - i have plenty of support and this site and your feedback is very reassuring!
You've got no idea just how addicted to this site you will get!!
I think between everyone on here they've been through everything. There aren't many topics that don't get great advice. The guys on here are full of it - advice that is.
You'll get heaps of support here.
Enjoy! Have a H&H pregnancy!
The only name on my DD's birth certificate is mine and of cousre DD's. I had to see a socail worker at Centrelink but this just so if i needed assistance re child support they offered it. It took about 30 seconds for me to explain my situation and that was it. I get no reduction in payment as result of having only my name on birth cert. They were actually very nice at centrelink.
I've just found out that i'm 7 weeks pregnant and going to be doing the parenting thing alone - my now ex - who dumped me the day after i told him is hinting that he doesn't want any involvement. I've just been reading these posts in regards to the BC and i found it to be quite helpful. Thanx - it's a big comfort being able to read stuff and talk to other people in similar situations cause i'm sooo scared.
alleykat, trust me i know the feeling. At the moment i am going between feeling great i made my choice and being nice and relaxed to absolutely scared out of my wits about having a little bub to look after. For me it will be huge lifestyle change as i all i have been doing (well maybe not all )is studying and working. So now i'll have to give up my study for a year and go back to work after 3 months when this little treasure arrives. The i'm sure i'll be asking for advice to deal with the guilt of leaving bub to go back to work.. All in the future so i'm takng one step at a time. The advice and support here is lovely - here is can say i let go of the brave face and admit that i am terrified & excited. But let me say no-one tells you how sore your groin gets and how tired you get!!!
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)is studying and working. So now i'll have to give up my study for a year and go back to work after 3 months when this little treasure arrives. The i'm sure i'll be asking for advice to deal with the guilt of leaving bub to go back to work.. All in the future so i'm takng one step at a time. The advice and support here is lovely - here is can say i let go of the brave face and admit that i am terrified & excited. But let me say no-one tells you how sore your groin gets and how tired you get!!! 
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