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Ask the court to witness your step-parent parental responsibility agreement: Form C(PRA2)

Use this form to record an agreement between a child鈥檚 parents and a step-parent (who is the spouse or civil partner of a parent) that the step-parent should have parental responsibility for the child.

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Making a step-parent responsibility agreement will affect the legal position of the parents and the step-parent. You should all seek legal advice before you make the agreement.

Both living parents with parental responsibility must agree.

Find out more about parental rights and responsibilities.

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Updates to this page

Published 1 August 2014
Last updated 14 February 2024 show all updates
  1. Added information about the original certificates that you need to send to the Central Family Court.

  2. First published.

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