married at the time. You can still apply for this to be changed when a paternity test has proven that you are not the father or if there is an agreement by your wife to remove your name as father. Do telephone or e-mail a lawyer in Malta, your question is simple so you may get a quick free answer over the telephone. As for the marriage, providing that the ceremony was a legal ceremony in Malta, you can issue divorce proceedings in England based on the fact that you have been separated for 5 years in April 2011. If you wife consents and if you want to move things along, you may even issue a petition based on two years separation straight away. Best regards, Harjit Sarang www.bestsolicitorsllp.co.uk Q. If the mother puts the father's name on the birth certificate without his permission is she breaking the law and what are the consequences? A. Hi there, I'm not sure whether the couple are married. If the mother and father are married, mother may attend alone and enter her husband's details as father. From speaking to my local Registrar, I understand that if they are not married, the only way that she would have been able to register him as father would be by providing a statutory declaration from him or a court order declaring his parentage. My advice is for him to attend before the registrar at the office where the birth was registered and ask for details of