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• Updated: 15 January 2021

Father and daughter who applied for five Covid Bounce Back Loans between them handed suspended sentences for fraud

• Updated: 23 August 2024

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

• What is parental responsibility?

  All mothers and most fathers have legal rights and responsibilities as a…

• Who has parental responsibility

  A mother automatically has parental responsibility for her child from…

• Apply for parental responsibility

  If you’re not the mother, you can apply to court to get parental…

Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office

Correct the original registration with the register office or GRO - find out what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes, what they look like

Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply

Application form and guidance notes on how to remove the wrong fathers details from a birth registration.

Find out about the grant-funded innovative projects element of the Reducing Parental Conflict programme.

• Updated: 24 August 2023

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Church on 21 January 2025

• Updated: 5 February 2025

Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.