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We believe UK law needs to be more flexible to allow parents to choose & amend the parental title recorded on their children’s birth certificates, to allow for two mothers/fathers. We think this is important to help formally recognise the realities of their lives and relationships.
React
Require mothers to list the father (if known) on birth certificate if safe to do
Require mothers to name the father on the birth certificate, if known and safe to do so, ensuring equal parental rights and responsibilities. Fathers with no criminal convictions or history of domestic violence should be granted equal parental rights from birth including 50/50 contact
Restrict public access to birth certificates to help protect children’s privacy
We believe that it is too easy to buy a child’s birth certificate using only basic details, and this exposes children’s personal information to strangers.
Always include child's biological father on birth certificate
Right now in the UK, a father who is not married to or in a civil partnership with his child's mother cannot be added to his child’s birth certificate without the mother’s agreement — unless he goes through a long, costly court battle.
Give all parents the legal right to participate in their child’s funeral
I want Parliament to pass a law to give both parents the right to attend their child’s funeral unless legally prevented, and for Government to provide statutory guidance to funeral directors to protect these rights.
Change the law so that marriage does not automatically cancel a person’s will
Under the current law when someone gets married any will they made before that marriage is automatically cancelled. Most people do not know this they believe their existing will still stands. But this is not the case if they remarry and die.
We believe UK law needs to be more flexible to allow parents to choose & amend the parental title recorded on their children’s birth certificates, to allow for two mothers/fathers. We think this is important to help formally recognise the realities of their lives and relationships.
React
Require mothers to list the father (if known) on birth certificate if safe to do
Require mothers to name the father on the birth certificate, if known and safe to do so, ensuring equal parental rights and responsibilities. Fathers with no criminal convictions or history of domestic violence should be granted equal parental rights from birth including 50/50 contact
Restrict public access to birth certificates to help protect children’s privacy
We believe that it is too easy to buy a child’s birth certificate using only basic details, and this exposes children’s personal information to strangers.
Always include child's biological father on birth certificate
Right now in the UK, a father who is not married to or in a civil partnership with his child's mother cannot be added to his child’s birth certificate without the mother’s agreement — unless he goes through a long, costly court battle.
Give all parents the legal right to participate in their child’s funeral
I want Parliament to pass a law to give both parents the right to attend their child’s funeral unless legally prevented, and for Government to provide statutory guidance to funeral directors to protect these rights.
Change the law so that marriage does not automatically cancel a person’s will
Under the current law when someone gets married any will they made before that marriage is automatically cancelled. Most people do not know this they believe their existing will still stands. But this is not the case if they remarry and die.
