My ex Wife died 2 years ago without my knowledge didnt find out till now, had a daughter her what r my right?
My ex Wife died 2 years ago without my knowledge didnt find out till now, had a daughter her, my daughter is now living with my ex's step brother and her natural grandmother. have tried to find her for two years, only to find out that my ex wife died 3 months after finalisation of our divorce.need to know my rights, i was married to her when my daughter was conceived/born and what rights does the step brother as i dont get on with him to say the least.Any help would really be appreciated. many thanks
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You probably have more legal rights than you morally deserve, and unfortunately a lawyer will probably get the courts to take the kid away from the loving home and give her to you.
What brings you back now anyhow...did the kid come into some money that you're hoping to get?
You need to talk to a lawyer right away. Do not wait to talk to anyone in your wife's family because they can de-rail your rights.
A court will always decide in favor of what's best for the child, but if you are on her birth certificate as her father, you will most likely be given visitation and some type of physcial custody.
Best of luck to you.
Why don't you leave the children alone and let them stay where they are.
You don't sound like you have to much to offer them.
Your solution begins with getting hold of a lawyer. Plus there are websites out there dealing in rights of the father. You just have to be prepared to invest time to search and to do a lot of letter writing. But you will prevail if....
If your divorce was not due to physical abuse against your wife.
i,m in the same situation
but the other way round well sort of read on and you,ll see what i mean.
my wife died whilst giving birth to my son 3 years ago.
so i have 3 kids
2 of the children are,nt mine.
the fathers had nothing to do with them ever.
one of my son does,nt even know he has another father.
the eldest son was old enough (12) to make his own mind up.
he does,nt see his father.
as for the youngest(the one who he does,nt know about having another father) it looks very much like he might be going to live with him.
or at least will be definitely seeing him.
his name is not on the birth certificate.
even my wife,s parents had a go at taking them off me.
its still going on now 3 years later.
so i can see you have every right.
but LOL i have a daughter that was 3 when i left my ex.
my name is on the birth certificate and i have been fighting in court now for 5 years just to see her.
she knows all about me where i live etc.
but because the mother is so nasty and says no well its 5 years and counting.
the court says that because shes a nasty women it will be stress full for the child.
i can see what they mean.
IE if she comes home from seeing me and the mother is there calling me all the names under the sun the child is going to feel like caught in the middle.
its called "parent alienation syndrome"
my advice is get a very good family solicitor.
but careful as they do like to take your money and waste time on lengthy court cases.
also you could try fathers for justice they have really good advice.
bascally english law sucks when it comes to family law.
oh by the way this is a very breif outline of my situation theres a lot more to it.
but i do want to point out that my children are well loked after.
they wound,nt still be with me if they wer,nt
good luck
To be honest, Trevor, you need some proper legal advice. On here, you don't know if any answers given are genuine, myth or malicious. Most solicitors will give you an initial interview free.
Good luck.
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