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Fathers who are unmarried, can not find it easy to win visitation rights and custody of family courts. They must really fight to get legal rights to spend some time with their children because the law does not automatically grant permission for the same.

Surprisingly, the legal hassle is minor, although the name of his father registered the birth information on the child. But fathers can have joint guardianship of up to child’s mother. In this case is a legal agreement signed to give the father a better access to the child.

Custody of the child is assigned directly to the mother. At the time of birth if the parents are married, would the father have parental responsibility automatically. Otherwise, the father could still child even though he can not be given custody lawfully.

Parental responsibility gives power to the father to be involved in major decisions about the child’s life. If the child is born before December 2003, unmarried fathers to take responsibility for a parent by marrying the child’s mother to obtain a legal order by the court, signing a legal custody agreement by mutual consent or appointing himself as the child’s guardian.

In case the child was born after 1 December 2003, the child’s birth should be registered together with the mother when the birth occurs, or birth details should be recorded again with the mother.