What is parental responsibility?
All mothers and most fathers have legal rights and responsibilities as a parent-known as 'parental responsibility'. If you have parental responsibility, your most important roles are to:
-provide a home for the child
-protect and maintain the child
If you have parental responsibility for a child you don't live with, you don't necessarily have a right to contact with them-but they other parent still need to keep yo updated about their well-being and progress.
You're also responsible for:
-disciplining the child
-choosing and providing for the child's education
-agreeing to the child's medical treatment
-naming the child and agreeing to any change of name
-looking after the child's property
Parents have to ensure that their child is supported financially, whether they have parental responsibility or not.
