A Single Man Co-Parenting With a Married Couple
If self-insemination takes place either by artificial insemination or natural insemination (intercourse) the woman will be regarded as the mother, but her husband will not be regarded as the father. Instead the donor will be regarded as the legal father. He (the husband) will automatically have parental responsibility if he is named ...
Parental Responsibility and co-parenting
In the UK it is possible for a father to apply for a court order or enter into a written agreement with the mother to give him parental responsibility for a child. This means that he will then a right to be kept informed and to take part in decisions ...
Residence Order and co-parenting
This is an order that confirms with which parent a child will live for the majority of the time. The parent who does not have residence of the child will usually have a contact order and this can state the arrangements for overnight contact at weekends and during the holidays. ...
Guardianship Appointment when co-parenting
You can appoint someone to act as a guardian to your child(ren) in the event of your death. The mother and father should be in agreement as to this appointment should they both die. It should be a person you trust. The appointment can be made separately in the form ...
Registering a co-parenting birth
Lesbian couples in a civil partnership – the partner who does not carry the baby can still be registered on the birth certificate as the second parent. Registrars at the Registry Office will assume that a child is a child of the civil partnership and will not usually question this. ...