Under a guardianship order, a guardian takes on
full parental responsibility of the child or young person, making all decisions about their care until they reach 18 years of age.
Guardianship is for a relative or kinship carer (or sometimes an authorised foster carer), who is considering seeking long -
term full parental responsibility for a child or young person through an order of the NSW Children's Court.
Second Parent Adoption: one parents adopts as a single and then the second parent petitions to adopt the child and share full parental responsibilities
Parenting orders A parenting order can give
you full parental responsibility, meaning that you have all the responsibilities and authority of a biological parent.
the implementation of special guardianship — where an adult can take on
full parental responsibility for a child up to the age of 18 -LSB-...]