Your name's on the birth certificate but you're not married.

Perhaps you've lived with your child's mother for a decade. Perhaps you've split up. Perhaps you've never shared a house but still want to be involved.

Do you know your rights?
Without a Parental Responsibility agreement, an unmarried father:

Can insist his children live less than 10 miles away from him:
True or false?

Can prevent his children assuming their mother's surname:
True or false?

Can sign a medical consent form for his under-18 year-old:
True or false?

Can take his unaccompanied child abroad on holiday:
True or false?

Has a right to decide which school his children attend:
True or false?

Can insist his children are brought up in the religion of his choice:
True or false?

Has an automatic right to look after his children if their mother dies.
True or false?

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If you answered 'true' to any of the above, you were wrong.

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