Parental Responsibility Legal Advice - Percy, Hughes & Roberts Solicitors

If an important decision needs to be taken regarding a child or children, or you feel you are being denied a relationship with a child you consider your own, the courts will look at parental responsibility. This is what you need to be a parent in the eyes of the law.

Legal advice from the experts at Percy, Hughes and Roberts Solicitors could, therefore, be invaluable if you want to know more about your rights and duties as a parent.

To get in touch with our specialist family law solicitors, contact us by calling 0800 781 3894 or sending us an email.

Why Seek Parental Responsibility Legal Advice?

At Percy, Hughes and Roberts Solicitors, we can tell you everything you need to know about parental responsibility providing easy-to-understand legal advice on everything from details of the Children Act 1989 to requirements of parental responsibility.

For example, our solicitors can help you understand the rules regarding parental responsibility and unmarried parents, which changed in 2003. These rules state:

• If a child is born after December 1st 2003, an unmarried father will automatically get parental responsibility if he is named on the child's Birth Certificate
• If a child is born before the above date, only the mother has sole parental responsibility until the father acquires it. This can be achieved by marrying the mother, applying for a parental responsibility order, entering into a parental responsibility agreement, obtaining a residence order or being appointed as the child's guardian.

Our specialists also offer guidance on actions of step parents, limits of parental responsibility and circumstances in which consent of those with parental responsibility is needed.

Call our Solicitors for Expert Legal Advice on Your Parental Responsibilities

To get in touch with the expert family law solicitors at Percy, Hughes and Roberts, call us on 0800 781 3894 or fill in our online enquiry form.