A child is born to unmarried parents outside the UK. The mother and child then move to England. The mother seeks sole parental responsibility for the child. Will the...
A child’s mother has died and their adult sister is caring for them. The child's father is not named on the birth certificate and does not have parental responsibility....
A father has parental responsibility and is currently involved in proceedings under the Children Act 1989. He cannot obtain copies of his child's medical records or...
A father has parental responsibility for a child who is age 16 (nearly 17), as he is named on the birth certificate. The father has no involvement with the child. The...
A father, who has parental responsibility for the child, is subject to a non-molestation order and is concerned that further untrue allegations may be made against him...
A man believed he was the father of a child, and was included on the child's birth certificate (prior to December 2003). The child is now age 18, and the man has...
A mother wishes to change a child’s forename. The father does not have parental responsibility but has been involved with the child. Can the mother change the child’s...
A residence order was made in relation to a step-parent for their step-child to live with them. The step-parent and the child’s mother lived together with the child, but...
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Acquisition of parental responsibility by female parents...
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Acquisition of parental responsibility by step-parents and others...
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Acquisition of parental responsibility by unmarried fathers...
The following Family Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Are there any cases in which the court has considered the grant of parental...
The following Family Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Can a stepfather (who was married to the mother) enter into a parental responsibility...
The following Family Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Can grandparents enter into a parental responsibility agreement?
The following Family Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Can the court change a child's name where the child is subject to a care order?...
The following Family Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Can the parents of a child who is subject to an interim care order enter into a...
Can the same change of name deed be used for an adult if they are known by two different names at present? For example, a client has a given name at birth, but chooses to...
The following Family precedent provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Change of name deed (adult)
The following Family precedent provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Change of name deed (child)
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Change of name of a child
The following Family precedent provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Changing a child’s name—client guide
DNA evidence has confirmed the paternity of the biological father, but the mother does not wish the father’s details to be included on the child’s birth certificate. The...
The following Family Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Do both parties with parental responsibility for a child need to complete, sign and...
Does a father have parental responsibility where the mother and father married and divorced outside the jurisdiction, the mother has remarried and returned to the UK, and...
Does a father who was named on a child’s birth certificate in relation to a child born in 2002, acquire parental responsibility for the child as a result of that...
The following Family practice note provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Exercise of parental responsibility
How can a sibling of a 16-year-old child, who is over the age of 21, acquire parental responsibility for that child in circumstances where the mother is terminally ill...
The following Family Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on How may a father’s details be added to a birth certificate, after the initial...
How will the court approach a situation in relation to a 17-year-old child who wants to make a decision in relation to education which clashes with a person who has...
If an unmarried father acquires parental responsibility on the making of a child arrangements order (CAO) providing for the child to spend time with him, does that...
