A parental responsibility agreement is an agreement made between the mother and the unmarried father to allow him to have joint parental responsibility.
Both parents will have to agree to this.
A parental responsibility agreement is suitable when both parents agree to the unmarried father having parental responsibility and the father is already on the birth certificate and therefore cannot re-register.
The parental responsibility agreement must be signed and witnessed by a justices' clerk, or court officer and it must be filed at the Principal Registry of the Family Division. The agreement must be filed to make it legally binding, if it is simply signed by parents and not filed, then the agreement is not legally binding.
The parental responsibility agreement must be made on a C(PRA) Form, which can be obtained at local county courts, family proceedings courts or on the HM courts website. Click here to download the form.
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