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We all hope that if our relationship with the parent of our children breaks down that we are able to make arrangements for the children without recourse to solicitors or the courts. Unfortunately, this isn’t always possible.
We deal with all aspects of private children law, whether it is ensuring that the children will remain living with you (residence) or being certain of arrangements for seeing your children on a regular basis (contact). We also deal with specific issues such as a child’s name, education, religious upbringing and whether the parent with care is permitted to move out of the area or even to another country.
When a child is born today, provided the father is present at the registration of the birth and is named on the birth certificate, then he has parental responsibility (PR) for his child. Mothers have parental responsibility automatically. PR confers rights and responsibilities including the right to influence a child’s place of residence, education and ability to give consent to medical treatment for the child.
If a father doesn’t have PR, this can be conferred by agreement of the mother and drawn up in a document that is sworn by both parents and registered at the Principal Registry in London If not agreed, then we would make an application to the court on your behalf. Provided that you have demonstrated the necessary commitment to your child then the court usually has no difficulty granting PR
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