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Parental responsibilities and rights
Author: Sarah Harvie-Clark
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Published: Tuesday 03 Sep 2024 (SB 24-40)
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Executive Summary
Introduction
Parental responsibilities and rights: an overview
What are parental responsibilities and rights?
Legal parenthood and PRRs
Decision-making when more than one person has PRRs
Who has parental responsibilities and rights?
The child's biological mother and father
The biological mother
The biological father
Adoptive parents
Same-sex parents
Parents through surrogacy
Step-parents
Grandparents
Getting PRRs: registration or re-registration of a child's birth
Joint registration
The need for parental co-operation
Joint re-registration
Court orders under section 11 of the 1995 Act
The key principles relating to court orders under section 11
The legal remedies if a court order is disobeyed
The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 in practice
Disputes in the sheriff court - the process
Child welfare reporters
Child contact centres
Resolving parenting disputes without going to court
Alternative dispute resolution
Family mediation
Collaborative law
Arbitration
Family Group Decision Making
Making a Parenting Plan
Legally binding agreements
The Children (Scotland) Act 2020
Children's participation in decisions about them
How courts reach their decisions - new statutory factors
Delay in a court case
Regulation of child contact centres and child welfare reporters
Child advocacy services
Failure to obey a court order
Alternative dispute resolution
Review of the 2020 Act
Support, advice and further information
Support organisations
Alternative dispute resolution
Legal advice
Executive Summary
Introduction
Parental responsibilities and rights: an overview
What are parental responsibilities and rights?
Legal parenthood and PRRs
Decision-making when more than one person has PRRs
Who has parental responsibilities and rights?
Getting PRRs: registration or re-registration of a child's birth
Court orders under section 11 of the 1995 Act
The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 in practice
Resolving parenting disputes without going to court
The Children (Scotland) Act 2020
Support, advice and further information
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