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Guardianship

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  • 07-05-2009 3:49pm
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    ronanc15
    Registered Users Posts: 1,279 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    First off as a noob to boards ill apologise if this thread has been done to death already.

    Unfortunately circumstance have come about whereas I have to go about seeking guardianship through the courts.

    Have any fathers on boards had to do this and talk me through how they got on?

    Regards


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    antodeco
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    Are you able to get consensual dual guardianship?


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    The Corinthian
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    Unless you're a convict-junky, you will most likely be awarded guardianship. This has been the trend in recent years, from what I'm told, partially as an attempt to redress the obvious imbalance in family law and also because it is widely expected that automatic guardianship for unmarried fathers will enter law within the next few years anyway.

    Just don't kid yourself that it gives you equal parental rights, as it's scope is very limited and many of the rights that it affords in theory are either ignored or unenforced in practice.

    As for more specific info, this link may help. Good luck.


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