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Parental Responsibility
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Parenting is a sacred duty, and the decisions you make help in shaping the future of your children. It's your duty to guide your child from when they're born up to when they reach a certain age. Parental responsibilities are mutually shared between you and your partner in marriage, without the need for a legal document.

However, in the case of divorce or separation, you and your partner have to agree on your duties as far as parental responsibilities are concerned.

What is parental responsibility?

Parental responsibility is the legal duties, rights, authority, and powers you as a parent have for a child and everything that belongs to them. This power allows you to make significant decisions concerning your child | s care and upbringing like:

Their education
Religion
Choosing, registering, or changing their name
Consenting to medical treatment

Parental responsibility also dictates that you meet certain legal conditions:

Ensure your child has basic needs like food, shelter, medical care
Provide a safe environment free of sexual, emotional, and physical abuse
Nurture the self-esteem of your child by accepting them for who they are, supporting, and encouraging them to grow in life
Instill in them moral values like patience, honesty, and responsibility while correcting them when wrong
Respect their opinion, feelings, and individuality
Take a genuine interest in their education and learning, and spend quality time with them to guide them in defining their life goals.

Your legal responsibilities are unlimited, and you must exercise them until your child attains a certain age.

Exceptions to parental responsibility

According to the law in the United States, the birth mother has the first parental responsibility. The father has parental responsibility if:

He was married to the child | s mother at the time of birth. Only one set of parents have parental responsibility at any one time.
He was not married to the child's mother, but his name appears on the child's birth certificate as the father.

A few exceptions are:

If the child was born before a relationship between the mother and the father, the father has to apply for joint parental responsibility through the court.
If the mother is a minor when the child is born, a guardian is appointed for the child. Once the mother becomes of age, she can assume full parental responsibility for her child.
If an unmarried man marries the child's mother, he can accept parental responsibility and be named as the father in the certificate.
The grandparents can volunteer to have parental responsibility if the child | s parents are unfit or dead. Alternatively, the responsibility can be assigned to a certified agency.

Your parental responsibility towards your child is highest when your child is an infant. Gradually, your child grows to a stage where they no longer need support and become independent.