Peter Rothery appeared for the mother in a case at the RCJ

Peter Rothery appeared for the mother in a case at the RCJ on declaration of parentage and whether a person mistakenly named as the father on a birth certificate acquires parental responsibility as a result of the erroneous registration. Judgement was handed down in ED v MG [2025] EWHC 1876 (fam) by McKendrick J on 22 July:- https://lnkd.in/epwGAGBg

This latter issue is to be considered by the Court of Appeal in November in another case, but here McKendrick J says if you’re mistakenly registered as father you don’t ever acquire PR - under section 4(1) of the Children Act 1989 you have to be the actual father (genetic or legal) before you can get parental responsibility. 

Peter is very grateful to Melissa Jones of McAlister Family Law for instructing him on this interesting point and for all her hard work on the case. 

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