Even though a local authority had obtained an interim care order in an application for the child to be committed to its care, that did not prevent the unmarried mother entering into a parental responsibility agreement with the child’s father. The children were subject to interim orders, and the plan was to place them for adoption. The father’s signing of such an agreement was not an act exercising parental responsibility, and therefore neither could the mother’s signature be, and the Act was not limited by the interim order.
Citations:
Times 19-Jan-2000, Gazette 07-Jan-2000
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Children
Updated: 10 November 2022; Ref: scu.82304