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How a Best Start Family Hub integrates early-years education alongside other wider family support.
Legal rights for intended parents and surrogates; how legal parenthood is transferred; children born outside the UK; pay and leave rights
Surrogacy is legal in the UK, but if you make a surrogacy agreement it…
You must apply for a parental order or adoption if you want to become the…
If your surrogate gives birth abroad, you can only apply for a parental…
You and your partner may be eligible for adoption pay and leave and…
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
Having parental responsibility means you have legal rights and duties…
You automatically have parental responsibility if you give birth to the…
If you’re not the birth mother, you can apply to court to get parental…
This festive season, one of the most important and life-saving gifts you can give your child is vaccination, and it’s completely free.
What to expect if you're sent to prison - prison rules and regulations, healthcare and education, prisoner rights
Annual birth registrations by mothers' age and birth registration type: within marriage, jointly or solely by the mother.
Most popular first names for baby boys and girls, from all live births
What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
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