Parental responsibility

(1) Every parent shall have parental responsibility for his (2) Where the parents of a child are deceased, parental responsibility may, on application to the court, and on the recommendation of a social services practitioner, be passed on to relatives of either parent or to any person designated by the (3) Parental authority includes the rights, powers and duties which a guardian of the child’s estate (appointed to act generally) would have had in relation to the child and his (4) The rights referred to in subsection (3) of this section include, in particular, the right of the guardian to receive or recover as trustee, for the benefit of the child, property of whatever description and wherever situate which the child is entitled to receive or recover. (5) The fact that a person has, or does not have, parental responsibility for a child shall not affect, (a) any obligation which he may have in relation to the child (such as a statutory duty to maintain the child); or 14 (b) any rights which, in the event of the child’s death, he (or any other person) may have in relation to the child’s property.