Very few indeed! Certainly no right to be involved in decisions about the child's education, medical treatment, religion, or where they live.
In practice most schools and medics will treat someone as the father if they're presented that way, but in crunch situations it can get difficult. And if the mother should die, an unmarried father (without parental responsibility) has no automatic right to be appointed the child's guardian.
I'm pretty sure it's still possible for a father to get PR (which gives them all these rights, and responsibilities) even if they're not named on the birth certificate - see comments below for how.
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baggyeyes
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Date: 2003-12-11 04:21 am (UTC)In practice most schools and medics will treat someone as the father if they're presented that way, but in crunch situations it can get difficult. And if the mother should die, an unmarried father (without parental responsibility) has no automatic right to be appointed the child's guardian.
I'm pretty sure it's still possible for a father to get PR (which gives them all these rights, and responsibilities) even if they're not named on the birth certificate - see comments below for how.