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Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
All mothers and most fathers have legal rights and responsibilities as a…
A mother automatically has parental responsibility for her child from…
If you’re not the mother, you can apply to court to get parental…
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
How to provide evidence that you're a family member of someone from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein or a person of Northern Ireland.
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
Introducing the new pre-application service for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
Who can sign (countersign) passport photos and application forms and what they need to do
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