In the event of an adoption (other than a step-parent adoption) both parents will lose parental responsibility.
An unmarried father can have parental responsibility removed from him upon an application to the Court, although these types of applications are rare.
A Court will not remove a father’s parental responsibility for any of the following reasons:
He doesn’t want contact with his child
His child doesn’t want contact with him
He won’t pay child maintenance
He isn’t involved in his child’s life
Where a Court believes a father is having a negative impact on his child, for example, they can restrict the father’s involvement by issuing either a child arrangements order to protect the child or limit the role the father has in their life.