Parental Responsibility and Relationship with the Child on Separation
This package explains everything you need to know about parenting after a separation, including advice on living arrangements, the components of parental responsibility and your options around travelling abroad with your child.
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What is a Parental Responsibility ("PR")?
What are the decisions that have to be made in consultation with all holders of PR?
What can a babysitter do without your consent in case of emergency?
Who has parental responsibility?
Can a child have two female parents and who will have the PR in such case?
You are a step-parent, how can you acquire PR?
What happens when those with PR cannot agree?
How can you make a court application in the case of disagreement on an important decision regarding your child with the other person with PR?
Can you appoint a guardian for your child in the event of your death?
What is a parenting agreement after separation?
How can you come up with a parenting agreement?
What other resources exist to help you parent after separation?
What to do if you cannot agree how your child should spend their time?
If you cannot agree after mediation, or you are not able to mediate with your ex-partner, then you will have to apply for a Child Arrangements Order.
Can the court regulate your child's living arrangements: What are Child Arrangement Orders (CAO)?
How do Child Arrangement Orders (CAO) work? What kinds of CAO can a court issue?
When can you apply for a Child Arrangements Order (CAO): When will a court in England and Wales have jurisdiction to make a CAO?
What are the benefits of being named as a person a child will live with in a child arrangements order?
Your former partner and you can't agree when your child should spend time or otherwise have contact with you, what can you do?
Should you apply for a Child Arrangement Order ('CAO') if you agree with your former partner on where and with whom your child will live, whether contact should occur with the non-resident parent and the level of contact?
How can you make a court application for a Child Arrangements Order ('CAO') if you disagree with your former partner on where and with whom your child will live, whether contact should occur with the non-resident parent or the level of contact?
Do you need a permission to leave the country with your child after separation from the other parent either on holiday or permanently?
What does "abduction" mean?
Your ex-partner has removed your child from the jurisdiction of England and Wales without your permission, what can you do?
Who is 'a child' for the purpose of defining whether permission to leave the country from the other person with parental responsibility is required?
If the other person with parental responsibility will not consent to your travelling with your child outside of England and Wales, how will the court decide whether to grant your request?
You would like to get permission for your child to travel with you outside of England and Wales. How can you issue a court application, what procedure will the court follow and how long will the court proceedings last?
What can you do if your ex-partner abducts your child?
What are the formalities and practicalities required to travel with your child abroad with the consent of the other person with parental responsibility?
* Based on a £300 average hourly rate for solicitors across the country.
What is a Parental Responsibility ("PR")?
What are the decisions that have to be made in consultation with all holders of PR?
What can a babysitter do without your consent in case of emergency?
Who has parental responsibility?
Can a child have two female parents and who will have the PR in such case?
You are a step-parent, how can you acquire PR?
What happens when those with PR cannot agree?
How can you make a court application in the case of disagreement on an important decision regarding your child with the other person with PR?
Can you appoint a guardian for your child in the event of your death?
What is a parenting agreement after separation?
How can you come up with a parenting agreement?
What other resources exist to help you parent after separation?
What to do if you cannot agree how your child should spend their time?
If you cannot agree after mediation, or you are not able to mediate with your ex-partner, then you will have to apply for a Child Arrangements Order.
Can the court regulate your child's living arrangements: What are Child Arrangement Orders (CAO)?
How do Child Arrangement Orders (CAO) work? What kinds of CAO can a court issue?
When can you apply for a Child Arrangements Order (CAO): When will a court in England and Wales have jurisdiction to make a CAO?
What are the benefits of being named as a person a child will live with in a child arrangements order?
Your former partner and you can't agree when your child should spend time or otherwise have contact with you, what can you do?
Should you apply for a Child Arrangement Order ('CAO') if you agree with your former partner on where and with whom your child will live, whether contact should occur with the non-resident parent and the level of contact?
How can you make a court application for a Child Arrangements Order ('CAO') if you disagree with your former partner on where and with whom your child will live, whether contact should occur with the non-resident parent or the level of contact?
Do you need a permission to leave the country with your child after separation from the other parent either on holiday or permanently?
What does "abduction" mean?
Your ex-partner has removed your child from the jurisdiction of England and Wales without your permission, what can you do?
Who is 'a child' for the purpose of defining whether permission to leave the country from the other person with parental responsibility is required?
If the other person with parental responsibility will not consent to your travelling with your child outside of England and Wales, how will the court decide whether to grant your request?
You would like to get permission for your child to travel with you outside of England and Wales. How can you issue a court application, what procedure will the court follow and how long will the court proceedings last?
What can you do if your ex-partner abducts your child?
What are the formalities and practicalities required to travel with your child abroad with the consent of the other person with parental responsibility?
* Based on a £300 average hourly rate for solicitors across the country.
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