If you’re not married and you’re the father, you may not have Parental Responsibility. If you don’t, you should get it. But if the Court agrees a Child Arrangement Order for your children to live with you, you will automatically be granted Parental Responsibility. The mother of a child automatically has Parental Responsibility. If you are a father and you were married when the child was born, or your name is on the birth certificate, you will automatically have Parental Responsibility.