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Hi all, this is a bit of hypothetical. I am currently in a relationship with my sons mother who has mental health issues and I want to know that in the future should a situation arise where she was mistreating him, or in danger of harming him or herself, or needed to receive hospitalized treatment, would I automatically have the right to take my son to stay with me even for a few days or would he be taken into care?? I am on the birth certificate and we registered the birth together. It says because of this i have parental responsibility? But what exactly does parental responsibility cover? Because I have seen in films and stuff when the mother and father are having an issue and the dad takes the child to stay with him for a while the mother shouts 'kidnap' and the child is taken into care until his mother is well again.Can someone clear this up for me? Thank you
As things stand, at the moment, you have the same rights as the mother, so you can take him to live with you - though if the situation does arise, I'd look at immediately applying for residence if you were thinking that there would be a split in the relationship.
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