Court rulings on who is responsible for looking after a child. The EU is working to ensure mutual recognition and enforcement of such rulings. (See Judicial-civil: Divorce and Parental responsibility)
All the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which a parent of a child has by law. More than one person may have parental responsibility for the same child at the same time, and a person does not cease to have such responsibility solely because some other person subsequently also acquires it. Both parents have parental responsibility if they were married to each other at the time of the child s birth and they have since separated or divorced. If the child's parents were not married at the time of the birth, the mother always has parental responsibility and the father may have by agreement or by order of the Court. Parental responsibility passes to the adopter when an adoption order is made. Although a residence order or care order may confer parental responsibility, a local authority will not be treated as a parent for certain purposes under the Education Acts. A Care Order grants parental responsibility to a local authority but does not remove it from the child's parents.
All duties, powers, responsibilities and authorities which by law parents have in relation to children• Adoption• Children & Family Law• De Facto Relationships• Major Long Term Issues
The bundle of rights and duties that parents have towards their children; mothers and married fathers have parental responsibilities automatically, while non-married fathers may acquire it by formal Parental Responsibility agreement or court order; others (such as guardians) can also acquire parental responsibility
Defined in the Children Act 1989 as 'all the rights, duties, powers and authority which by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child and his or her property'.
This is a term for the complex mixture of rights and responsibilities that a parent or legal carer can exercise in relation to a child. It is given automatically to every mother and, where the mother is married to the father, to the father. In the case of unmarried parents the father can acquire it by being present when the birth is registered or by a formal agreement called a Parental Responsibility Agreement or by order of the court. Other carers may acquire it if a court orders that a child should live with them. It gives those who have it a right to a say in decisions relating to the child – anything from decisions on medical treatment to religious upbringing, from schooling to moving home. Generally it does not include day to day things like bedtimes or mealtimes but the boundary is a delicate one and, where the parents do not live together, often one that can lead to friction. It is not intended to be used to interfere or create difficulties in the other parent's life.
The rights and duties of a parent.
the rights and power of parents to make decisions about a child. Where a child is looked after because of a care order, social services is given parental responsibility by the courts and can alter how much involvement the parents can have in making decisions about a child
All duties, powers, responsibilities, and authority which, by law, parents have in relation to their children under 18, regardless of the parents' relationship with each other.
A parent’s rights, duties and responsibilities for a child. Unmarried fathers do not automatically have parental responsibility but they can now acquire it by registration at birth.
"All the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child and his/her property." Parental responsibility can be exercised by persons who are not the child's biological parent and can be shared among a number of persons. It can be acquired by agreement or by court order (Children Act 1989, Section 3 & 4).
In the states of the European Union and elsewhere, parental responsibility refers to the rights and privileges which underpin the relationship between a child and either its parents or those adults who have a significant role in its life. The terminology for this area of law now includes matters dealt with as contact (visitation in the United States) and residence (see Residence in English law) in some states.
In Canada and the United States, the term parental responsibility refers to the potential or actual liability that may be incurred by parents for the behaviour of their children.