Understanding Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Parent | Free Tools and Guides

You'll find everything you need to understand your parental rights and responsibilities right here, with expert guidance covering education, child protection, family law, and children's behaviour. Our comprehensive resources help you navigate important topics from custody and adoption to school attendance and financial responsibilities. Law And Parents is here to help.

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Accessing Your Child's Medical Records: Your Rights

As a loving parent, there may be times when you wish to see your child's medical records. There are two different scenarios as to when this might occur: If y...

Child Sex Offences

As much as we, as parents, would like not to believe it could happen to our children, the shadow of child sex offences and child sex offenders looms large in...

Medical Treatment for Young People

If your child is about to undergo medical treatment, you may want to know what your child’s rights are and what your rights are as a parent or guardian. In...

Alternatives to Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)

Since the cancellation of Education Maintenance Allowance (known as EMA) to all new applicants entering further education in September 2011, students have be...

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Parental Rights Checker

Check your legal rights as a parent on education, health and welfare decisions.

Letter to School Builder

Build a professional letter to your child's school about any concern.

Child Maintenance Service and How It Might Affect You

The Child Maintenance Service ["CMS"] opened on 29 July 2013. CMS is designed to take over from The Child Support Agency ["CSA"]. The Change Over Similar to...

Accessing Your Child's Medical Records: Your Rights

As a loving parent, there may be times when you wish to see your child's medical records. There are two different scenarios as to when this might occur: If y...

What is the Child Sex Offenders Disclosure Scheme?

The Child Sex Offenders Disclosure Scheme is a new scheme, where parents and guardians can now find out whether or not an individual is posing a risk to a ch...

Your Rights as a Grandparent

Grandparents, whether maternal or paternal, play a vital role in any family unit. As more women become focused on careers and wish to return to work after gi...

Older Children Renting a Property: A Parent's Guide

If your child is thinking about moving out and renting a property, you will want to ensure that the renting process goes as smoothly as possible. Here is a g...

Parent's Guide to Apprenticeships

An apprenticeship is a great way to gain both experience in the workplace and training. With the increase in university fees and the removal of Education Mai...

Alternatives to Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)

Since the cancellation of Education Maintenance Allowance (known as EMA) to all new applicants entering further education in September 2011, students have be...

Medical Treatment for Young People

If your child is about to undergo medical treatment, you may want to know what your child’s rights are and what your rights are as a parent or guardian. In...

School Exclusions and the Law

If your child has been excluded from school, you are likely to have numerous questions about where this leaves the future of your child’s education. School...

Child Abduction and Parental Rights

Taking a child out of a country without the proper legal consent is known as child abduction. This is the case whether a child is taken out of the UK or sent...

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