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can you clarify fathers rights?

  • 16-08-2010 11:47am
    #1
    metrovelvet
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    There's a bit of confusion on a thread in the Gentlemen's Club.

    Can someone here confirm that a married man has more paternal rights than a cohabitating father with guardianship? And if so, please explain how and what those rights are?


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  • #2
    McCrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭McCrack


    An unmarried father with guardianship rights has the exact same rights/responsibilities with respect of their childrens care/up-bringing as a married father.

    Marriage simply grants a father rights/responsibilities automatically whereas guardianship needs to be applied for.


  • #3
    The Corinthian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭The Corinthian


    The two differ unfortunately:
    Fathers who have been appointed joint guardians by a court or by statutory declaration can be removed from their position if the court is satisfied it is in the child's best interest.
    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/birth-family-relationships/unmarried-couples/legal_guardianship_and_unmarried_couples

    As such they are the same except that one can be lost and the other cannot as it was not gained through a court or by statutory declaration.


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