French law for supporting foreign born children.

[Issangeorge]

Do French nationals have to support foreign born and living children under French law? My Thai niece has a two year old daughter from a French father. They were never married or lived together, but there has never been a question of parentage and the child has a French Passport. To his credit the father had been supporting the child for two years, but three months ago stopped sending money and said he would send no more money, he wants his daughter to live with him in France, this is not going to happen. I know some countries insist on child support no matter where the child lives, I was wondering if anybody knows if France is one of these countries. Or does anyone know where I could find out. I just found out about this yesterday. The niece and daughter live next door to me, but basically spend all their time at my house, the niece is like a daughter and the two year old like a granddaughter. It looks like I will have to support the little girl, which I don't mind, but I am on a fixed pension and the Canadian Dollar is dropping like a stone, so funds aren't what they might be. I will be writing to the French embassy to try to find out an answer to my question, I will also be writing to the father to tell him to be a man and own up to his responsibilities. And please non of the "my niece is trying to scam me comments," she has never asked me for any money and didn't tell me about the father stopping payments. However as I said before I consider the little girl as my granddaughter and love her as such and will make sure she has anything she needs. Edited August 16, 2014 by Issangeorge

[benalibina]

Well....the niece must really love the daughter to bond with her father. Not so thus. Naivety and onesidedness springs to mind on your side. Why would any father want his kid to grow up in thailand without him. Tell the niece if she cares about the daughters future, to let her go to France.

Probably a lot more to the story.

[rhodie]

I am sure the only way would possibly be through the courts, but that would be expensive.

[Issangeorge]

Well....the niece must really love the daughter to bond with her father. Not so thus. Naivety and onesidedness springs to mind on your side. Why would any father want his kid to grow up in thailand without him. Tell the niece if she cares about the daughters future, to let her go to France.

Probably a lot more to the story.

Reading some of your other posts it sounds like you got burnt badly, l feel sorry for you. You would like to be with your children, my niece is the same way. I live in a small village that is much like the small subdivision I grew up in, in Canada in the fifties and sixties, we have no fear of child kidnapping or crime, everybody looks after everybody else, the children can wander the village and there are no worries, how would France be better than that. The niece and daughter have a fantastic family support system that has all but be forgotten in the west. Besides in twenty years time when the daughter is ready to go out in the world, Asia will be the place to be, not the west. I believe the daughter will have a far happier future in Thailand than in France. If the father forgoes his responsibility to his daughter and there are no support rules in France then I will look after the daughter.

[Mario2008]

The child is a French national.

 

I suggest contacting a childs rights group in France or a lawyer who can tell about the law.

[benalibina]

Well....the niece must really love the daughter to bond with her father. Not so thus. Naivety and onesidedness springs to mind on your side. Why would any father want his kid to grow up in thailand without him. Tell the niece if she cares about the daughters future, to let her go to France.

Probably a lot more to the story.

Reading some of your other posts it sounds like you got burnt badly, l feel sorry for you. You would like to be with your children, my niece is the same way. I live in a small village that is much like the small subdivision I grew up in, in Canada in the fifties and sixties, we have no fear of child kidnapping or crime, everybody looks after everybody else, the children can wander the village and there are no worries, how would France be better than that. The niece and daughter have a fantastic family support system that has all but be forgotten in the west. Besides in twenty years time when the daughter is ready to go out in the world, Asia will be the place to be, not the west. I believe the daughter will have a far happier future in Thailand than in France. If the father forgoes his responsibility to his daughter and there are no support rules in France then I will look after the daughter.

Well....your above comment says it all. Better your niece should have chosen a villageboy to father her kid.
Who the heck are you to decide that this is better for the daughter ? People with a mentality like you enable that the child is being withheld from a bond with her father. Your comment is disgusting. But you dont see that probably.

[Issangeorge]

The child is a French national.
 
I suggest contacting a childs rights group in France or a lawyer who can tell about the law.

Thank you, good idea.

[96tehtarp]

 

The child is a French national.
 
I suggest contacting a childs rights group in France or a lawyer who can tell about the law.

 

Thank you, good idea.

 

Follow Mario2008's advice. He's right. As a French national this little girl has a lot of options. Do her a big favor and find out for her what they are!

[Issangeorge]

Well....the niece must really love the daughter to bond with her father. Not so thus. Naivety and onesidedness springs to mind on your side. Why would any father want his kid to grow up in thailand without him. Tell the niece if she cares about the daughters future, to let her go to France.

Probably a lot more to the story.

Reading some of your other posts it sounds like you got burnt badly, l feel sorry for you. You would like to be with your children, my niece is the same way. I live in a small village that is much like the small subdivision I grew up in, in Canada in the fifties and sixties, we have no fear of child kidnapping or crime, everybody looks after everybody else, the children can wander the village and there are no worries, how would France be better than that. The niece and daughter have a fantastic family support system that has all but be forgotten in the west. Besides in twenty years time when the daughter is ready to go out in the world, Asia will be the place to be, not the west. I believe the daughter will have a far happier future in Thailand than in France. If the father forgoes his responsibility to his daughter and there are no support rules in France then I will look after the daughter.

Well....your above comment says it all. Better your niece should have chosen a villageboy to father her kid.
Who the heck are you to decide that this is better for the daughter ? People with a mentality like you enable that the child is being withheld from a bond with her father. Your comment is disgusting. But you dont see that probably.

I'm not deciding anything, my niece makes the decisions, I will just help her in the decision. Since when is the bound with the father stronger than the bound with the mother? Also no one is preventing the father from coming to Thailand to see his daughter, although in 2.5 years I believe he has been over once for about a week, so he doesn't seem that keen. I know the loving family the niece and daughter have in Thailand and there is no way she could have a more loving relationship or be better looked after in France. I really don't want to get into a shouting match with you, so I will just say that every bodies situation is different. Remember my niece is looking after her daughter with the help of her mother and aunts, she is in the village, not somewhere far away.

[ThaiLawOnline]

We have a French intern at the moment, just about to become a lawyer in France. If you write to us, at [email protected], he will answer you. His name is Bernard but we call him "Ben" in Thailand.

[Issangeorge]

Isaanlawyers, thank you I am sending you an e-mail.