When a child in the womb is recognised, what must the report itself state, and whose details must it carry?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
The practice file to read here is the recognition report as filed, since the provision turns on what appears in it; alongside that, the mother's family relationship register extract shows her name and her registration base place, the two facts the report is required to record.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the requirement at its word: where the child being recognised is still in the womb, the report must state that this is what is being recognised, and must also give the mother's name and her registration base place, so all three entries belong in the one document.
Another reading marks the provision's reach: it governs only the case of recognising a child in the womb and only what the report must state, saying nothing about the recognition of a child after birth or about any party other than the mother whose details might appear.
Your judgment
If the report gives the mother's name in a form that differs from the one on her family relationship register, does the entry meet the requirement the provision sets?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to add or remove a required entry, or if a decision explains what counts as the mother's name or her registration base place for this report.