FD24P00235 - [2025] EWHC 952 (Fam)

The father states that he was born on 9 February 1985 and is now aged 40 years old. The mother claimed in evidence to not know her date of birth, in circumstances where she was never given that information by her parents. However, she also stated that she uses the date of birth 9 November 1982, although could not explain why she had chosen that date.

I am satisfied that the mother’s date of birth is 9 November 1982. The date of 9 November 1982 is the date of birth given in the mother’s Bangladeshi passport, which I shall come to. It is the date of birth provided in respect of the mother on the parties’ Bolivian marriage certificate. The date of 9 November 1982 is also the date of birth that is contained in such of the mother’s US medical records as are before the court and the date of birth she gave to the emergency operator during her 911 call in Colorado on 24 June 2020. The mother gave that date of birth to UK border officials in September 2020, the mother denying to UK Border Force officials that she had ever used any other date of birth. It is plain that 9 November 1982 is the date that the mother has used consistently with US and UK authorities and I am satisfied that is the date on which she was born.