Can the father of my baby take the child away from me and send her abroad, legally? We've never been married, but stil living together, and my ex always terrorise me that he take baby away...! I'm only one, who is responsible for the child, child is in my passport and als me EU nationality, but father isn't. I invaited him for birth-registration of the baby, and now very sorry about that...he don't even give me a peny for a baby, only say that he love her and if I don't accept "his ideas" - hi kills the baby and himzelf! I'm in panic, baby only 5months old.. and is distress as well as me! We don't have any friends or relatives, I hope u advise me a strong thing. I can't be separate from the child, it's impossible...and he just can't even joke like that! - that destroy me and I'm afraid to loose my milk, from stress.

November 27, 2008 by Anonymous

Let me first of all put your mind at rest. No he cannot behave like this. As you were not married to your baby's father at the time she was born, you are the only one with parental responsibility. That means that unless you agree to give the father parental responsibility or this is granted by the court as being in the best interest of your child, the father has no legal rights. Certainly he could not take her out of the country without your consent.

I think you have to do something about his threatening attitude. It is difficult enough for you to bring up a baby single-handed without these threats and harassment from him. The courts will assist to keep him away from you if this is what you wish. It would be possible for you to apply to the court for an order that he does not come near you or the baby. You do however have the difficult decision to make as to whether you want him completely out of your life. If you are content to go on living with him it would be extremely difficult for a court to make an enforceable order that he refrains from this quite unacceptable behaviour.

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