Familjufyrisitingin
Welcome to the Family Law Administrations’ self-service on Vangin The Family Law Administration is an authority under the Ministry of Justice and administers cases related to Family- and Personal Law. At the time being it is only possible to declare and acknowledge paternity in the Family Law Administrations’ self-service on Vangin. The Family Law Administration will eventually launch more self-services on Vangin. You can read more about our areas of responsibility on our webpage famf.fo.
This self-service is for an unmarried mother of a newborn child, to provide information about who the father of the child is.
To ensure the child’s right to know their origin, the child’s rights towards the father, as well as the father’s obligations and rights towards the child, it must be confirmed and registered who the father of the child is.
If the child’s parents are unmarried, the mother will be asked to provide information about who the father of the child is. The notified father will then be asked to confirm paternity of the child.
Parents of children born on or after January 1, 2023, automatically receive joint custody if they have had a shared residence continuously for the last 10 months before the child was born, according to Landsfólkayvirlitið (the National Register).
If parents have not lived together for more than 10 consecutive months before the birth, the mother has sole custody over the child. However, all parents can agree on joint custody through the Family Law Administration. If you wish to make an agreement about joint custody, you can fill out, sign and send the Notification of Agreement on Joint Custody to the Family Law Administration.
If the child’s parents are married, the mother’s spouse is registered as the father of the child and the parents have joint custody. In such cases, the parents do not need to take any action because both parents will be registered in the National Register at the child’s birth.
Please read about rights and obligations, and the procedure below.
NB! The Family Law Administration will need birth- and name-/baptism certificates of both the mother and father of the child. These documents can be attached in the self-service.