A family member has been told by an ex through texts and emails that she has had a baby to him. They live in different parts of the state and there is currently a no contact order in place. She breaches this order daily. The question I want to ask is, is there a way of finding out if she actually did have a baby? She claims he is listed as father on birth certificate, but claimed in court that she was never pregnant and never said she was.
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He should contact a free legal helpline for advice.
But, I couldnt just put my ex on the birth certificate. He had to sign it, in order to be on it. That was 20 years ago so that’s a questions he needs to ask. Can he legally be on a birth certificate if he hasn’t signed it.
If he is on the birth certificate and he knows the child’s name he should be able to apply for a copy of the birth certificate. So he could try contacting births, deaths and marriages.
He should also block this person.
If she really wants him involved (and there really is a baby) she would have taken him through formal pathways of child support agency (if she is on Centrelink payments and he is on the BC she has to legally claim child support payments unless it’s DV).
He should report her contact to the cops. If anything else he needs to protect himself! He should never ever reply to her contact.
Can you search for her social media accounts? See if there's photos on there of a baby. Insta/FB etc.
Or encourage him to contact a solicitor. She's probably lying if she claimed in court to not have a baby. It'd be difficult to fool them! I suspect she'd claim child support if she had a baby, so it sounds unlikely to me.
Im the OP. Family member left the toxic relationship and also brought upon the dv order. Which took the better part of 12 months in court to get. Police are not taking breaches seriously. We feel because he is male. I don't feel the motivation is money, more so just to annoy/destroy him. He cannot get anywhere with bdm, the ex has nit disclosed a name, or exact date of birth.