Please help! CSA advice needed urgently!

cozzie

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/ParentsRights/DG_4002954

Think this sums it up concisely.

LizzieS_2

cozzie wrote: »

It would also depend on whether or not the parents were married AND if the child were born before some law to do with legal parental responsibilty was changed, (will try and find dates etc), just trying to regurgitate what I have read personally recently.

Example; My OH was NOT married to the mother of his children and they were born before the change of law, yet, even though he is legally named and recognised as the father of the children he has no rights with regards to their upbringing except to pay for it, which he has no objection to doing.

If he had been married to the mother WHEN the child(ren) were born and/or if they had been born after the said date then he would be allowed to walk into any court in the land and demand shared custody (with the childs acceptance of course), such as he was able to do with his youngest son.

The date (1 December 2003) makes no difference whatsoever as
1) He could make a legal application (£75) for a parental responsibility order
2) He could have applied for either sole or joint residency (under the Childrens Act, anyone given residency automatically gets PR anyway).