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Create equal rights for unmarried parents.

Submitted on Monday 28th December 2015

Published on Tuesday 29th December 2015

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 29th June 2016

Signatures: 22

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Child ~ Children ~ Law ~ UK

Petition Action

Create equal rights for unmarried parents.

Petition Details

The laws concerning parental responsibility and how births for unmarried couples are registered is outdated and does not reflect societal changes over the last few decades, where a large percentage of babies born in the UK are to unmarried couples.

Additional Information

Currently where parents are unmarried, the father has to be present during the birth registration to be named on the child's birth certificate. Where an unmarried father is not named he will have no parental responsibility in the eyes of the law. Many mothers use this as leverage to strip fathers of their rights by registering their children alone, particularly where there has been a relationship breakdown. Please discuss how to change the laws so unmarried fathers are given equal rights.


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