Changes

|url=https://www.gov.uk/parental-rights-responsibilities/who-has-parental-responsibility

|title=Parental rights and responsibilities: Who has parental responsibility - GOV.UK

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}}</ref> parental responsibility refers to the rights and privileges which underpin the relationship between the children and the children's parents and those adults who are granted parental responsibility by either signing a 'parental responsibility agreement' with the mother or getting a 'parental responsibility order' from a court. The terminology for this area of law now includes matters dealt with as contact (visitation in the United States) and residence (see Residence in English law) in some states.

|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/36/section/1

|title=Children (Scotland) Act 1995

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|title=Children Act 1989

|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/part/I

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