Hi. I am a 23 years old single mom in Leicester. My sons dad is currently awaiting sentance. I need to know where i stand in relation to his parental rights. no one is helping me. I know he has rights to education, health issues. my worry now is i am getting MY son christened. Can he stop this as he is catholic and i am not. He may be in prison so it wont matter but still want to know where i stand. If anyone can help.

Whatever you do in religion is your decision and he cant stop you other than showing up the day of and being a ***. That is a personal choice for you and the baby and he doesnt have to be involved.

Were you guys married? Do you have court orders that state he has parental rights, joint legal custody? If not to either of those questions than he has no rights in the decision making process. If either of those is a yes, you may want to read the court orders carefully or consult an attorney, sometimes these things vary state to state. If I had to guess I'd guess that you'd be just fine without his permission, but you know how that goes.

hi everyone. the christening day went without a hitch, my dad invited his family and guess what? - they never turned up stupid excuses made after the day, just goes to show how much they think of him, and to top it off when i contacted them othe other week they said the reason they had not contacted was that theiy had bin thru ****, what have i just bin thru then? stupid or what. we are better off without his pathetic family.

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Originally posted by Emma23:
Hi. I am a 23 years old single mom in Leicester. My sons dad is currently awaiting sentance. I need to know where i stand in relation to his parental rights. no one is helping me. I know he has rights to education, health issues. my worry now is i am getting MY son christened. Can he stop this as he is catholic and i am not. He may be in prison so it wont matter but still want to know where i stand. If anyone can help.

He does have parental rights even as a prisoner, but he can not stop you from teaching your child your beliefs. BUT ... you also can't stop him. Of course there are some limits like teaching a child to harm someone or anything that would be illegal in general.

What you do with your child on your time is none of anyone else's business is you are not breaking laws or putting people in danger. He does have the right to ask in regards to his child and that is all. You have to be honest and tell him about anything in regards to your child as it is his right as a father to know, but that is the extent of his rights, regardless of being a convict.