4 Acquisition of parental responsibility by father
Children Act 1989 (1989 c 41) | Legislation

4  Acquisition of parental responsibility by father

(1)     Where a child's father and mother were not married to[, or civil partners of,] each other at the time of his birth [, the father shall acquire parental responsibility for the child if—

(a)     [except where subsection (1C) applies,] he becomes registered as the child's father under any of the enactments specified in subsection (1A);

(b)     he and the child's mother make an agreement (a “parental responsibility agreement”) providing for him to have parental responsibility for the child; or

(c)     the court, on his application, orders that he shall have parental responsibility for the child.]

[(1A)     The enactments

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