Parental Responsibility Order
If you are a father, but you are not married to your partner and the children are not living with you then you may not have the right to make important decisions concerning the children. If you want this right then you can apply to the court for an order. This is called a "Parental Responsibility Order".

If you are or were married to your partner then you will already have Parental Responsibility. This means you have a right to be kept informed about your children’s education, health, welfare and you can make decisions about their education, health and welfare.

If you get a Residence Order then you will automatically have Parental Responsibility for a child. Therefore a stepfather or other family relative who gets a residence order will also have Parental Responsibility.

More than one person can have Parental Responsibility for a child.

You may not need to go to court in order to get Parental Responsibility.

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