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    James Jones
    Registered Users Posts: 534 ✭✭✭James Jones


    The Corinthian wrote: »
    Actually, once attained the only difference is that guardianship gained through the courts can be lost, but it is incredibly difficult to do so and effectively impossible to do so if the father is actually making an effort to be involved.
    Sorry, The Corinthian, but anything is possible in the secret courts where Family Law is practiced. Neither of us can say if it ever happens in the District Court due to the In Camera rule. If it does, it can be appealed to the Circuit Court, if the unmarried fathers has €1,000 or so and we are forbidden from hearing the outcome. If he loses, he can always appeal to the High Court, if he has €10,000 or so. That hearing will be made public but what single father can afford such fees to establish or maintain a position that is as useless as a blank sheet of paper, other than to stop his child being legally abducted?


    The Corinthian wrote: »
    Do I really need one?
    You haven't got one so you can't make statements as if they are fact.

    The Corinthian wrote: »
    Ask yourself why would a court remove a guardianship? It's not something that would be done lightly and only if in the "in the child's best interest" - the only cases I have heard of involved abandonment, and even then it took years to do.
    But it simply can't happen in a married fathers case.
    The Corinthian wrote: »
    Indeed, on the topic of references, do you have any that point to this being commonplace, abused or otherwise a real danger?
    My first answer covers it, I think.
    The Corinthian wrote: »
    Certainly, and if he is more likely to receive spousal maintenance than pay it, then happy days. However, it really does appear for most to be a ridiculous length to take for a very limited advantage.
    As I say, each father would have to make up his own mind.


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