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Hi, I have a 14 year old son from a previous relationship. My sons mother has decided to take away my parental responsibility and my son has decided he doesn't want to see me anymore. I am paying the maintenance and have been supporting my son as and when I can. He used to spend half of his time with me and half with his mum. I understand I have no parental rights as he was born before 2003. I would like to find out what legal responsibilities I have still got. His behaviour has become extremely challenging and I would like to be prepared for any worst case scenario in the future..
Were you married when your son was born - you don't make it clear if you were married or not?
Assuming not, and that there hasn't been any order relating to PR, then you don't have any, in which case your ex can't take it away from you, and I would say that, aside from maintenance, you have no legal responsibilities.
If you do currently have PR, then your ex can't take it away without going to court, and it's extremely rare for a court to remove this as far as I am aware, in which case, in theory, do you have responsibility for discipline - though if there is no contact, I fail to see how this could ever actually happen.
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