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Parental responsibility: court orders, testamentary guardians and loco parentis: caseworker guidance
HM Passport Office guidance on how to deal with applications involving parental responsibility, court orders, testamentary guardians and loco parentis.
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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff dealing with applications from customers living in the UK or overseas what to do if there is no one with automatic parental responsibility.
It includes:
- information about court orders that grant parental responsibility (PR) to a person who does not have automatic PR
- how to deal with an application where the person consenting is named in a will as a testamentary guardian
- if the person consenting to the application does not have parental responsibility automatically or through a court order but is acting in loco parentis (in place of a parent)
- what to record as a case note if someone has legal guardianship through a court order, testamentary guardianship or is acting in loco parentis
Updates to this page
Published 24 January 2024Last updated 25 November 2024 + show all updates
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Updated document to make it clear how parental responsibility is granted through child arrangement orders.
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First published.