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18 questions and answers on Family law

Parental responsibility

  • What does responsibility for a child involve?
  • What are the rights and duties of parental responsibility?
  • When do I automatically get responsibility for a child?
  • How can my partner and I apply for joint responsibility for a child?
  • When does parental responsibility end?
  • What happens to the responsibility for my children if I get divorced?
  • Who gets responsibility for my child if I die?
  • As the father, how do I get responsibility for my child if I’m not married or in a registered partnership?
  • As a minor, how can I get responsibility for my child?

Parenthood

  • What is the difference between biological and legal parenthood?
  • What are the rights and duties of parental responsibility?
  • Who looks after children if their parents die?
  • Who is the father if I get divorced or my husband dies before the child is born?
  • As the duomoeder, how do I become the legal parent of my partner’s child?
  • What are the legal rights and duties of parents?

Guardianship

  • How do I become a child’s guardian?
  • When do I stop being a guardian?
  • What are the rights and duties of a guardian?

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