How do I get my unborn child's father to sign away his rights? I'm living in the UK and he in SA. We've never been married and I don't want him as a part of my child's live. What can I do?

There seems to be enough distance between you to keep him away. You can always put father unknown on the birth certificate.
One thing to think about though is that although you may not want him to be a part of your childs life , there may come a time when the child will want to find his/her father. I know a few people who were adopted or had absent fathers and they all say that there is a deep yearning to know who they really are.
Good luck with whatever you choose

I am in the same situation. I dont want anyone to know who the father of my unborn child is and we are both signing papers to say we will never tell. I hope thats enough to make him stay away for ever. He tried to force me to get an abortion because we were never really a couple but something just wouldnt let me agree to that. So now I have been thinking about getting a fake engagement ring just to keep strangers and the people at work from being too nosey and I am trying to decide what to tell my unborn child about the father. I can do it on my own and I have even told him I dont want any support so that he never feels like he has any say so. He is very wealthy and I think he feels like I want money but I dont. I have even offered to sign something saying I will never ask for support. I wish I had my plan together so that I can concentrate on myself and the baby and be happy. I also already have kids and I need to decide what I will tell them. The father can never ever be identified.

The distance and the lack of enforcement of foreign orders on the part of England should make it a non-problem. J.K. Rowling took her children from France to England, in violation of custody orders, and was never punished for it or denying the children access to their father. That was when she was leaving them alone in the apartment so that she could go down to the coffee shop to write, so she didn't have the money to fight it if he could have filed a motion to enforce.

But, there are bigger issues here, like what it will do to the child.

Regardless of your feelings now, you created the child together and the father does have rights. You can't make him sign them away.

And as for lying about him being dead to the child, that is a gross betrayal to the child. And your child WILL feel betrayed when the truth comes out (and it usually does, one way or another) because you did lie to them. That, to my mind, IS a gross betrayal.

im in the same situation, im pregnant with my 1st child and have just split up with the father, his always depressed and controlling, he grabbed me by the throat while im pregnant bt sadly i never reported it, he also lost it with a knife and terrified me, he walked out last week which made me happy as i was finding strength to throw him out. its not his 1st child, he sees his other son 5 hours on a sunday and often takes him to pub, he expects him to be seen and not heard and smacks him if his naughty, he also slags his childs mother off in front off him all teh time, i dont want that for my child and if i found out he had hit my child i would probably kill him...

im not going to put his name on the birth certificate but i was under impression the court can override your decision about a dna test.. il fight it all the way. i grew up without knowing my father and wanted to know him all my childhood, i found him at 18 and didnt want this for my child but i always understood my mum and how she done it for my best interest...

im just gonna keep his information and photos of him locked away so when my baby is old enough he or she has everything they need to make thier own desicion

i wish you all luck

just dont put his name on the birth certificate, he can do nothing, he would need a DNA test to prove it was his child and you have the right to deny a DNA tes until your child is 18 and can decide for themselves

my daughter has never saw her dad he paids child support but how can i get him to sign his rights over

As far as I'm concerned, I will tell my child he is dead. I can give my child all he can want, so we don't need his father in our lifes just to make things more complicated.