You have a legal right to parental leave if you are named on the child's birth certificate or adoption certificate, or have
legal parental responsibility for the child.
With more than one in three children now born outside marriage, some parents may be unclear about who has
legal parental responsibility for their children.»
Not exact matches
I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly
for over 20 years: I was saying it,
for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the
Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack
Children Act 1989, which abolished
parental rights (substituting
for them the much weaker «
parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their
children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack
children, which even, preposterously, gave
children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack
children the right to take
legal action against theirparents
for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful
for a parent or carer to smack their
child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the
child and the nature of the smack.»
To qualify
for this right, you must be named on your
child's birth certificate or adoption certificate, or have
legal Parental Responsibility — whether or not you live full - time with the
child (find out more by reading the Dads» FAQ on
Parental Responsibility, which you'll find via the link below).
Confers «
Parental Responsibility» on the parent, giving the parent the
legal authority to make important decisions in relation to caring
for the
child.
In the U.S., in addition to
legal provisions regarding the health, safety, and education of
children, additional
parental responsibility laws outlining the extent to which parents are held financially responsible
for the actions of their
children have been enacted in each of the 50 states.
Adoption is the term given
for the permanent transfer of
legal rights in relation to the
parental responsibility of a
child.
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For the intended parents to become the legal parents of the child and for the transfer of Parental Responsibility to them, an application must be made to the Court for a Parental Ord
For the intended parents to become the
legal parents of the
child and
for the transfer of Parental Responsibility to them, an application must be made to the Court for a Parental Ord
for the transfer of
Parental Responsibility to them, an application must be made to the Court
for a Parental Ord
for a
Parental Order.
Parental Responsibility is the
legal term
for the rights of each parent to be involved in making decisions in the best interest of their
children.
Judgments given before the date of application of this Regulation but after the date of entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 in proceedings instituted before the date of entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 shall be recognised and enforced in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III of this Regulation provided they relate to divorce,
legal separation or marriage annulment or
parental responsibility for the
children of both spouses on the occasion of these matrimonial proceedings and that jurisdiction was founded on rules which accorded with those provided
for either in Chapter II of this Regulation or in Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 or in a convention concluded between the Member State of origin and the Member State addressed which was in force when the proceedings were instituted.
-- Enabling parenting coordination by agreement or court order; — Amending the Commercial Arbitration Act to address family arbitrations; — integrating reproductive technologies into determining a
child's
legal parents; — Replacing the terms «custody» and «access» with «guardianship» and «parenting time»; — Defining «guardianship» through a list of «
parental responsibilities» that can be allocated to allow
for more customized parenting arrangements; — Extending the legislative property division regime to common - law spouses who have lived together
for two years in a marriage - like relationship or who are in marriage - like relationship of some permanence and have
children together; — Excluding certain types of property (e.g. pre-relationship property, gifts, and inheritances) from the pool of family property to be divided 50 - 50; and — Providing that debts are subject to equal division.
(a) By a parent: (I) By filing a petition
for dissolution or
legal separation; or (II) By filing a petition seeking the allocation of
parental responsibilities with respect to a
child in the county where the
child is permanently resident or where the
child is found; or
Adoption permanently transfers all the
legal rights and
responsibilities of being a parent from the
child's birth parents (or anyone with
parental responsibility for the
child) to the adoptive parents.
Florida judges presume that joint
legal custody, called shared
parental responsibility, is best
for every
child.
Under
child custody laws in New Hampshire, joint
legal custody, wherein both parents share joint
responsibility for all
parental rights and decisions, is deemed beneficial
for the
child.
The investigations vary in scope depending upon the
legal issues in your case, but this investigator's job is always to inform the Court about what is going on that could impact the
children and to make a recommendation
for parental responsibilities in the current case based on the investigator's opinion on what would be in the
child (ren)'s best interests.
Parental custody, sometimes referred to as
legal custody, is a term used in deciding or establishing who has the
responsibility for making important decisions governing the health and well - being of a
child under the
legal age of adulthood.
legal guardian An adult to whom the court has given
parental responsibility and authority
for a
child.
You can use this as evidence if you're applying
for legal aid to stop an abusive partner seeing your
child or to take away their
parental responsibility.
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For the purposes of this Convention, the term «
parental responsibility» includes
parental authority, or any analogous relationship of authority determining the rights, powers and
responsibilities of parents, guardians or other
legal representatives in relation to the person or the property of the
child.
Adoption in Victoria is the
legal process by which the guardianship or
parental responsibility of a
child if transferred to another family and the
child is cared
for by that family.
This letter should be sent to parents and others with
parental responsibility by
Children's Services when they have held a
legal planning meeting and they think that they are likely to apply to court
for a care order to remove the
child from home, but have decided to give the parents / others with
parental responsibility a last chance to sort out the problems they think are impacting on the
child safety and welfare.
A Residence Order is a
legal order which says who a
child should live with and gives that person
parental responsibility for the
child.
As shared parenting encompasses both shared
parental authority (decision - making) and shared
parental responsibility for the day - to - day upbringing and welfare of
children, between fathers and mothers, in keeping with
children's age and stage of development, there is consensus that
legal implementation of shared parenting, including both the assumption of shared
responsibilities and presumption of shared rights in regard to the parenting of
children by fathers and mothers who are living together or apart, be enshrined in law.