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Review and reform legislation governing parental responsibility

Submitted by Edwin Duggan on Saturday 28th January 2023

Published on Thursday 2nd February 2023

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 2nd August 2023

Signatures: 189

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Children ~ Law ~ Murdered ~ Parent ~ Reform ~ Reviewed

Petition Action

Review and reform legislation governing parental responsibility

Petition Details

We believe that the Children Act 1989, which provides the legislative basis for parental responsibility, is not fit for purpose. This legislation should be reviewed and reformed, to more clearly set out the rights and responsibilities of parents, and when parental responsibility should be removed.

Additional Information

We believe that the way parental responsibility (PR) as defined in the 1989 Children Act is too vague, and that this legislation currently fails both parents and children. The Act does not clearly set out the rights or responsibilities of parents. Nor does it detail conditions where a parent should lose parental responsibility.

We want this legislation to be reviewed in detail, so that issues such as the following can be addressed in law: murder of one parent by the other, separation, parental alienation.


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