Thanks to those wishing my son a happy birthday. We`re hoping he`ll know what is going on this year, rather than just being surprised to be given a chunk of cake.

As for "opening up", well, I`m really very open about this sort of thing... However, there isn`t all that much opportunity to spout about my life because, quite frankly, I doubt that many people care.
There is a lot of negativity often directed toward my life choices, and I will gladly take the opportunity to clarify them.

I don`t really think it`s necessary to continue to badger SSJup81 about a mistake that has been corrected. It isn`t as if he is fighting about it. It was a mistake, and has been noted as such.

Anyway - the child receives citizenship if the mother is married to the father and he does not contest the link within a certain amount of time. The child is also considered his if it is born within 6 months of divorce and he has not contested it. He can choose to acknowledge the child as his at any time, but will require proof (blood test, etc) if a lot of time has passed.

I understand the powers that be are considering changing the 6 months rule to a shorter period of time. Initially, it was put in place to be more sure that the father of a child born after a divorce was fathered by the x-husband and not someone new. Yeah, I know that's not a sure thing, but..
supposedly it's changing to a matter of weeks.

They`ve had a bit on the news about it, thanks to a number of cases where the real father couldn`t be recognized as such due to the law... As far as I know though, it still stands.