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Family Law > Children You might not be able to agree who the children should live with or how much contact they should have with you or the other party. These problems can be resolved through a Solicitor or Family Mediator. Alternatively you or the other party can apply to the Court for an Order. 1. A Residence Order - This states where a child will live. 2. A Contact Order - Says that the person caring for the child must make him/her available to see the person named in the Order subject to the arrangements specified. 3. A Parental Responsibility Order - A child’s mother has parental responsibility from the child’s birth. The birth father married to the child’s mother who has registered the birth of the child on or after 1.12.03 will have parental responsibility automatically as well. Other fathers can acquire parental responsibility by applying to Court and on demonstrating: a) Commitment to the child. b) Attachment to the child. c) Good reasons for applying for the Order. 4. A Specific Issue Order - Makes a decision about a particular unresolved issue. 5. A Prohibited Steps Order - Forbids something in relation to a child e.g. that the child may not be taken to a particular place.

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