Explaining Parental Rights & Responsibilities...
The law provides many rights, responsibilities and protections for children - and parents can often find themselves confused as to what the state requires. LawAndParents offers a comprehensive information source for parents wishing to learn about their legal responsibilities and their rights in relation to their children.
September's Most Popular Articles...
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Can we Legally Throw Out Our 16-Year-Old Son?: The parents of a child have certain responsibilities to care for that him or her which are covered by the legal concept of parental… [5752 views in Sep]
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Should we Still Pay Maintenance?: A person with parental responsibility for a child has a duty to provide for them until they are 18 years old – unless the child marries prior to… [5566 views in Sep]
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Do I Have the Right to Know Where My Children Are?: This does sound like a difficult situation. You are trying to ensure your children continue to spend time with your… [5494 views in Sep]
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Smacking Your Children: You may already know that it is illegal for a teacher to smack your child. But a change in the law will mean that they are able to use 'reasonable force' to… [4064 views in Sep]
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Child Abandonment and the Law: As much as we as parents would like to convince ourselves that such a problem does not exist, the problem of child abandonment is one that is all too… [4028 views in Sep]
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Leaving Your Children Home Alone: There is no fixed age at which a child is deemed ‘safe’ to be left at home alone. Rather than specifying an age, the law says that a parent commits… [2740 views in Sep]
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Silinda
Re: What 'In Loco Parentis' Means to You
Am having two children that are learner at grade 7 and willing to continue learning in the same school but because of…
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I get marked in late all the time because im to fat and slow to get to lesson it really annoys me i just need to lose some weight…
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Kizzy
Re: Child Safety Orders
Sorry I meant to say this has been happening since the beginning of March.
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Kizzy
Re: Child Safety Orders
My child has been assaulted, strangled to suffocation, had stones thrown at him. He's been sat on whilst the other boy was punching him…
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Mia
Re: Prohibited Steps Orders
I have three boys aged 12 11 and 3 and am going through an ugly divorce I have a non molestation order against him and there’s a…
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Re: Registering The Birth of a Child
Hi! I have been tracing my family tree. My grandmother was born in Cirencester Workhouse. The Master of the workhouse, Robert…
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Reds
Re: The Law & Child Discipline
A friend of mine has just had the police turn up at her house for shouting at her own kids. She's a single mom with three kids…
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Alicia Z.
Re: Are we Breaking the Law by Home Schooling?
We must all do our best to inform investors of the danger that they could become victims of the numerous online…
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Private
Re: Child Abandonment and the Law
I have a friend who was abandoned when she was 18 and her 2 sisters were 17 & 8. She couldn’t afford to live on her own nor could…
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Re: Understanding Parental Responsibility
My sons father sold his home and verbally agreed to spend 6 months in uk to see our now 15yo child who has autism and…
3 September 2024
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