Children can be born either in wedlock (in which case the father of the child is the woman’s husband) or in a civil marriage; then the mother and father submit a joint application to the registry office. Based on this application, it is recorded that the father of the child is the man who submitted the application.
“In the event that the father of the child is registered in the child’s birth certificate, the issue of collecting child support is beyond doubt: the child’s parents are obliged to support their minor children (Article 80 of the RF IC) regardless of the presence or absence of marriage between the parents.
It is more difficult when the child’s father is not written in the birth certificate (there is a dash there or it is written from the mother’s words). If the child’s father does not deny this fact and does not evade it, then he can apply for adoption to the guardianship and trusteeship authority (for this a whole package of collected documents is required). If the child’s father does not want to formalize his parental rights and responsibilities in relation to the child, then in this case the mother, in order to collect alimony, must establish the paternity of this person in court,” says the lawyer.
In order to go to court, it is necessary to have some information about the child: surname, first name, patronymic, date and place of birth, passport series and number, who issued it, address of residence or registration. It is also advisable to know the phone number. In this case, it will be easier for the assistant judge to notify the child’s father of the date and place of the court hearing. “The application immediately includes a request to establish paternity and collect child support, that is, this can be done in one case, the court will schedule one hearing, and there will be more than one,” the lawyer concluded.
