Non-member parents of member children

[russellhltn]

This thread is from 15 years ago. Policies have changed since then (as well as the tools). Currently, you can't create a non-member record - at all.

More information can be found in Make Changes to Member Households

Until the mother is baptized, the children will be in a household by themselves. As to which one should be the HOH, I'm not seeing any direction. I'd pick the oldest child.

[jdlessley]

Can we create a non-member record for the mother, so that she can be tracked with ministering, etc.?

The practice of creating records for nonmembers was discontinued nearly a decade ago.

Non-member mother is being taught by missionaries, but is unmarried to father... the two 10yo boys have been baptized and come every week, but are definitely not heads of household.

Then who is the head of household now? A nonmember cannot be a head of household; but a child of nonmember parents can be.
The Help Center article Make Changes to Member Households specifically addresses who is to be the head of household. For this situation the article states;

Head of Household
The head of household is the person to whom all other household membership records are tied. Usually, the member husband or father is the head of household. In certain cases the head of household may also be another member parent, a single adult member, or a member child whose parents are not members. The membership record numbers (MRNs) of all other household members are grouped to the MRN of the head of household. (Emphasis added)

Sorry Russellhltn; I didn't see your post until after I made mine.