However, others, in addition to parents, may have parental responsibility for a child; For example, a local authority for children in their care, the guardian of a child, the stepfather of a child and perhaps the grandparents or other parents of a child may, in certain circumstances, assume parental responsibility. What parental responsibility means to you As stated above, parental responsibility is defined in the Children Act 1989. For example, parental responsibility gives you the right to contact your child`s doctor or discuss medical treatments, also allows you to play a role in your child`s education and participate in the decision on the school your child attends. A mother automatically acquires parental responsibility for her child, as does a married father, regardless of whether the marriage to the mother took place before or after the birth of the child. Making decisions if both parents have parental responsibilityIn general, although there is no basic rule, the following issues are agreed with all persons with parental responsibility: both same-sex partners have parental responsibility when they were life partners at the time of treatment, for example.B. If you have parental responsibility and are denied the opportunity to see your child and you will not reach an agreement with the other parent, ask the courts to make a court order called a children`s injunction. This determines how many times and where you see your child, depending on the circumstances of the case and a checklist of other factors, such as.B. a previous contact that took place where the parties live, the age of the children and (depending on their age) the opinions of the children. Courts make a decision based on what they consider to be in the best interests of the child. The court will always pay attention to what is in the best interests of the child.
The more people love the child and take care of him, the better. When assessing whether parental responsibility should be transferred, the court shall take into account: The national language version of this page is maintained by the contact point of the respective EJN. The translations were carried out by the European Commission service. Any changes made by the competent national authority to the original cannot yet be taken into account in translations. .