For example they can’t sign official documents or bring court cases. Minor children are often not allowed to perform official acts on their own. Parental responsibility includes being a minor child’s legal representative To become a child’s legal representative you must first apply for parental responsibility. Parental responsibility where there is no marriage or registered partnershipĪcknowledgment of a child does not make a father or co-mother the child’s legal representative. Liability for maintenance does not stop after a divorce or after a registered partnership ends. Parents still have a duty of maintenance for their children until they are 21. If two women are married or have a registered partnership, they both also automatically have parental responsibility – provided the child was not acknowledged by someone else before the birth.Īfter a divorce, both parents keep parental responsibility for the children unless a court decides otherwise. If you were married or in a registered partnership when your child was born or adopted, you automatically get parental responsibility for your child. Parental responsibility where there is a marriage or registered partnership You are also the child’s legal representative. What are the rights and duties of parental responsibility?Īs a parent with responsibility you must care for and bring up the child.
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