Family Law

Executive Summary

The discussion is based on Parental Responsibility towards Children. In the UK, under the Children Act 1989, local authorities are guided to work 'in partnership' with parents and provide services for children in need. The duties and powers given to local authorities are appropriately set out. Provisions for children living with families include advice, home help and family centres. It is clear that children have the right to be cared and know by their parents regardless of their historical and actual family structure might seems quite a radical statement to some of the groups within the community. While considering the case of Robina, we can conclude that children from families missing father figure are less competitive, less interested in the sport, they are more dependent, more aggressive, have discipline problems that might lead to negative development of child.

Executive Summary2

Introduction4

Major Court Precedents5

Relationship to the Case/Scenario5

Discussion and Analysis6

Childrens Act of 19897

Relationship of the Laws with the Scenario7

Theory Related To Child Development8

Implication of Child Act8

Laws on Adoption & their relevance to the Scenario10

Parental Responsibility11

Possible Public Perceptions13

Major Problems for Single Mother14

Overload14

Low self-esteem14

Unemployment15

Sohail's Legal Position- How He Could Take Custody of the Child15

Conclusion16

Bibliography17

Family law

Introduction

Traditional anthropological definitions of the family which include aspects such as common residence, economic cooperation, and a sexually approved union of individuals from the opposite sex which results in reproduction, are no longer encompassing enough of the existing diversity which characterizes families around the world.

In our state a priority in family law is to preserve and strengthen the family to foster an attitude of family relationships. Principles of our family law is monogamy, marriage by mutual consent, equality within the family, raising children properly take care of their health, development, education and welfare, care for their parents.

Today, for instance, there are families where the partners are not married but are cohabiting, there are families that choose not to have children, and there are families where the partners are of the same rather than the opposite sex and whose relations are not necessarily sanctioned by society. Nor is there necessarily a common residence (e.g., immigrant families which are often separated) or economic cooperation between family members. New reproductive technologies have added to this complexity by making it possible for women to have children in the absence of a father (e.g., through sperm donors) or for infertile couples to have a child through a surrogate mother.



Major Court Precedents

In the United Kingdom, Parental Responsibility is broadly defined under the Section 3(1) of the Children Act 1989 as "all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child and his property". The following are some of the major court precedents pertinent to Parent Responsibility:

Pro Awarded in cases of Denying Father's Contact

Re H (A Minor) (Parental Responsibility) 1993 1 FLR 484

D v Hereford and Worcester County Council 1991 1 FLR 205

Pro Awarded even in the case of Hostile Mothers

Re C (Minors) (Parental Rights) 1992 1 FLR ...