Fiance's Baby needs Permission?

[SteveSandyHill 0]

I am new here so please bear with me! First off this website is great! loads of information. Hopefully I can get some answers that make sense. I filed the K1 petition through my attorney, it was recieved June 18th, check cashed June 21rst. My question is, my fiance (Barranquilla Colombia) never was married and has a 10 month old daughter. My attorney is telling me that because she was never married and the father is not supporting the child in any way, that she will not need permission from the father. Yet I am reading some postings that are somewhat contradictory to that. If my visa is approved here in Vermont, is it possible that the Bogota Embassy will require the Fathers permission prior to allowing the child to travel on the K1? I am confuesed over this! Yes I will speak more to my attorney as well regarding this topic. Just curios if anyone has been down this road yet! Thank you.

[payxibka 10,045]

I am new here so please bear with me! First off this website is great! loads of information. Hopefully I can get some answers that make sense. I filed the K1 petition through my attorney, it was recieved June 18th, check cashed June 21rst. My question is, my fiance (Barranquilla Colombia) never was married and has a 10 month old daughter. My attorney is telling me that because she was never married and the father is not supporting the child in any way, that she will not need permission from the father. Yet I am reading some postings that are somewhat contradictory to that. If my visa is approved here in Vermont, is it possible that the Bogota Embassy will require the Fathers permission prior to allowing the child to travel on the K1? I am confuesed over this! Yes I will speak more to my attorney as well regarding this topic. Just curios if anyone has been down this road yet! Thank you.

I think the answer is fairly simple, if the father is known, then permission from him is required. If permission cannot be received, then some sort of court order would be needed in lieu of this.

[Credzba 0]

To bring the child in you will need a birth certificate notorized and translated to english.

I suggest you go ahead and get that birth certificate to see whos names are on it.

If the fathers name is on it, then you will need either 1) his approval, or 2) a court to declare you wife has sole custody of the child.

All these things are going to have to be resolved anyway, so might as well get the answers now.

[SteveSandyHill 0]

To bring the child in you will need a birth certificate notorized and translated to english.

I suggest you go ahead and get that birth certificate to see whos names are on it.

If the fathers name is on it, then you will need either 1) his approval, or 2) a court to declare you wife has sole custody of the child.

All these things are going to have to be resolved anyway, so might as well get the answers now.

Thanks! I believe you are correct. Yes the fathers name is on it so we need to act quickly to resolve this matter !

[Craig_Karina 0]

Hi Steve and welcome to the site. You will find a lot of good information here...but, remember that you are getting opinions and experiences...not legal advice. But...that said, here are my opinions:

1) You do NOT need an attorney to file these papers for you. IF you are intelligent and can follow directions precisesly, you can do this on your own and save yourself a ton of money. And, the attorney/s do not always know the correct answers either. I think your attorney is WRONG!

2) IF the father's name is shown on the birth certificate, he has acknowledged that he fathered the child. AND, he has a say in what happens in that child's future. (My situation is similar...except my daughter is almost 14. But, the father is very cooperative. And, he has not provided much/any support over the years and has seen her only twice. But, we still must have a written legal document from him which allows the daugher to live in the USA with us!!!!! Thank God he is a good and reasonable man!)

3) There is a service in Colombia called "Child Services" or something like that...they provide legal advice and aid for single/unmarried mothers who are in this situation. Maybe they have some contacts in Barranquilla. I am not sure of the name of the service!! Check it out...it may be helpful to you.

Good luck on your journey!!!

Craig (& Karina)