Hello dear lawyers (again)

[lovingboth]

Just checking - section 111 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 finally came into force on the 1st December.

It gives unmarried fathers 'parental responsibility' iff they're named on the birth certificate (until now, you've needed a specific agreement with the mother or order made by a court).

But it only applies to (re-)registrations made on or after that date, doesn't it?

Comments

[lovingboth]

I don't think there are any changes. Without the mother's agreement, the father still needs a court to make a Parental Responsibility Order.

Once that is requested, you're into the Children Act's demand that the 'interests of the child' come first.