The WLR Daily case summaries
[2025] WLR(D) 61
Family Division
KL v BA
[2025] EWHC 102 (Fam)
2024 Dec 4; 2025 Jan 27
Debra Powell KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge
Children— Parental responsibility— Father— Unmarried couple registering birth of child— Putative father named on child’s birth certificate not biological father— Putative father seeking child arrangements order— Mother applying for declaration of non-parentage— Whether putative father having or retaining parental responsibility as consequence of registration as child’s father— Whether order removing parental responsibility required— Whether necessary to conduct welfare analysis before making order ending parental responsibility—
Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 4
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Family Law Act 1986 (c 55), s 55A