The authority to make decisions concerning and affecting the care, welfare and proper development of the child is known as ‘parental responsibility’.
Family law in Australia defines the responsibilities that parents have in relation to bringing up their children. These include:
to protect your child from harm
to provide your child with food, clothing and a place to live
to financially support your child
to provide safety, supervision and control
to provide medical care
to provide an education.
WHO HAS PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY?
The Family Law Act states that birth parents, adoptive parents, those who become parents through artificial conception or surrogacy and those who satisfy presumptions of parentage are the only people to possess ‘innate parental responsibility’, which means they are legally authorised to exercise parental responsibility without a court order.
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