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[quote=Anonymous]Father leaves family and country when child is 2 months old and disappears after making it very clear he wants no further contact of any kind. Leaves behind a  lump sum of cash rather than having to stay engaged through child support. Mother tries to find him a few times over the years for various reasons with no luck. No custody is every done officially and parental rights are not officially terminated. Neither mother or child have heard from him since he left. Mother did contact a family member of fathers a few years ago and was told no one in the family wanted contact, and refused to give mother any contact information. Mother has passed away. Child is 18 and trying to figure out all kinds of legal and financial issues. Some benefits are orphan benefits (child feels like an orphan, but technically isn't). No way to account for father's income or any information on father at all. Not even 100% sure of name due to some fraud issues and aliases that came to light after father left. Anyone know how to deal with this situation or what it is called. Child hates having to try and explain the whole story every time they are asked about parents - would be much easier to say they are an orphan. [/quote]

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