Only a person with parental responsibility for a child can manage that child’s Child Trust Fund account. Parental responsibility is held by:
- the child’s father, provided
- he was married to the mother at the child’s date of birth or subsequently, or
- he has (re-)registered the child jointly with the mother, or
- one of the parents (re-)registered the child on production of a statutory declaration made by the other parent
- any person who has acquired parental responsibility by virtue of a court order (e.g. a Residence Order or a Special Guardianship Order), a formal parental responsibility agreement, by adopting or by being appointed guardian for the child.
