Jodi Ford and Rachel Cocker question the rationale behind the different legislative approaches to parental responsibility for unmarried fathers While the granting of parental responsibility can be an emotive topic, it is, more often than not, a positive reflection of a parent’s involvement in the child’s life and merely endorses in law an existing relationship …
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Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Autumn 2021 #184The claimant was the widow of Gohlam Dastagir Shanavazi (the deceased), who had died intestate on 29 December 2011. They had five children of whom four were adults by the time of the hearing. The claimant brought the Part 8 claim on behalf of the youngest child, her minor son Ilyas Firas Shanavazi, who was now 16.
Under German law Ilyas was entitled to a 1/10th share of his father’s estate. The claim was brought to allow the claimant on behalf of Ilyas to enter into a contract of sale of a property in Germany and to convey the property to the purchaser.
The claimant, the de...
Rita Veitch presents an overview of the basis on which the court may terminate the parental responsibility of an unmarried father ‘The main considerations when looking at an application for parental responsibility are the degree of commitment and evidence of attachment, and therefore the same factors should be considered when looking at an application to …
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Rebecca Harling analyses a rare application to terminate a father’s parental responsibility ‘The main issue for Baker J to consider was if the circumstances of the case justified the termination of the father’s parental responsibility and if termination would be in breach of his article 8 and 14 rights under the European Convention on Human …
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