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What is parental responsibility (PR)?

April 26, 2017child children divorce matrimonial parental PR responsibility

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What is parental responsibility (PR)?

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PR is all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child and his property (CA 1989, s3(1)). PR allows the parent to take all fundamental day-to-day decisions in their childs life from which school the child attends, the medical treatment they receive and the religion they follow during their minority, to the outings they take and the food that they eat. The view that the court takes in relation to PR is different for each individual child, taking account of their age and maturity. How do you obtain PR? Married parents have joint PR. If they are not married, only the mother has PR.